As a transitional figure, he deserves a tepid endorsement.

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The country's transitional prime minister, al-Jaafari has been a polarizing figure since the Shiite-dominated United Iraqi Alliance nominated him two months ago.

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Last month Communities Secretary Eric Pickles told the BBC's Sunday Politics he had seen a figure estimating how many Romanians and Bulgarians would come to the UK when transitional immigration controls were lifted next year, but said he did not have confidence in them.

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