2-5-2014 Newshound Guru Tlar

2-5-2014  Newshound Guru Tlar   Article:   "Increase the budget 7 trillion dinars"    This is to appease the provinces in order to get the budget approved.  I think Maliki actually wants this budget to get passed and I think he is negotiating hard to get it done.  He can't go into the elections with all these problems unresolved because if this remains still up in the air until then, he will do anything necessary to stall or postpone the elections.  In other words he can't run on his record as it stands.  He still hopes for a miracle in his attempt at a third term and he sees the budget as a way to gain favor with every one.  He will never acknowledge he is fighting an uphill battle but he is truly starting from the bottom of the hill and is carrying a huge anchor.