URGENT: Iraqi Defense, Electricity, Cabinet posts settled by al-Iraqiya Coaliltion:

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Defense and Electricity Ministers posts in the new Iraqi cabinet had been settled by al-Iraqiya Coalition, led by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, for Falah al-Naqib and Ziyad Tareq al-Dharb, al-Iraqiya Legislature Ziyad Tareq al-Dharb said on Thursday. “Al-Iraqiya Leader, Iyad Allawi, had sent an official letter to Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, nominating the post of Electricity Minister for me (Dharb) and the Defense Minister’s post for Falah al-Naqib,” Dharb told IraqiNews.com news agency, adding that Maliki “had expressed approval for the nominations, and he shall attend the Parliament’s meeting next Sunday to present the nominations for voting and grant them the Parliament’s approval.” Noteworthy is that Ziyad Tareq al-Dharb, nominated for the Electricity Minister‘s post, is a leader in Alhal (Solution), belonging to al-Iraqiya Coalition and is a communications engineer, whilst Falah al-Naqib is also an al-Iraqiya Legislature, who had occupied the post of Samarra city’s Local Council in 2003, and then Salahaddin Governor, followed by occupying the post of Interior Minister in Iraq’s Transitional Government, that was formed after the downfall of Iraq’s former regime in March, 2003. Naqib, born in 1956, is a civil engineer, graduated from a British University and his father, Hassan al-Naqib, had been an Iraqi opposition leader since the 1970s. The Iraqi Parliament had granted its confidence on 21/12/2010 to the new government’s program, presented by Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki and members of his cabinet, following a straneous struggle that continued for more than 9 months that followed March 7th nationwide parliamentary elections. MSB (A) / SKH 2