“Iraq’s new prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, is a low-key figure who spent much of his life living in exile in Britain, before returning to Iraq after the 2003 invasion. A Shia Muslim, he has previously been touted as a replacement for Nouri al-Maliki, the embattled incumbent.”*
Haider al-Abadi is the new Prime Minister of Iraq, taking over for Nouri al-Maliki, who only made divisions within Iraq even worse. Can he clean up the mess, stop ISIS, and stop the extreme violence and death of the Yazidi on Mount Sinjar? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more from The Guardian:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/11/haider-al-abadi-profile-iraqs-next-prime-minister