Iraq Chooses New Prime Minister, an Ex-Security Chief Backed by U.S.

Iraq’s Parliament chose an American-backed former intelligence chief as the new prime minister early Thursday morning, giving the country its first real government in more than five months as it confronts an array of potentially crippling crises.
The prime minister, Mustafa Khadimi, 53, who has both strong ties to the Americans and a reputation for pragmatism, was seen as acceptable to Iran, the other major foreign power competing for influence in Iraq.