Iraq opposition dude Ayad Allawi is campaigning for the ouster of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the old-fashioned way: paying a foreign lobbying firm with close ties to the leader of his country's occupying power to back him. Democracy! There's just a slight problem -- no, not the "making a mockery of all claims of Iraqi sovereignty" bit. It's that he's in violation of US lobbying laws!
Ayad Allawi Subverting Two Democracies At Once
Ayad Allawi Subverting Two Democracies At…
Ayad Allawi Subverting Two Democracies At Once
Iraq opposition dude Ayad Allawi is campaigning for the ouster of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the old-fashioned way: paying a foreign lobbying firm with close ties to the leader of his country's occupying power to back him. Democracy! There's just a slight problem -- no, not the "making a mockery of all claims of Iraqi sovereignty" bit. It's that he's in violation of US lobbying laws!