Allawi 'predicts' collapse ...

"... Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Tuesday a power-sharing government agreed after months of wrangling would be set up and the violence that has plagued the country would end.
But Iyad Allawi, leader of the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc that is a key participant, said in London that the new government was not a true power-sharing arrangement and would not last long.
Their differing views on the prospects for the new government reflected the problems that have dogged talks between Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds since elections in March, amid fears of renewed sectarian violence if negotiations broke down.
Talabani said it was not clear whether Allawi, who said last week that power-sharing between the three communities was "dead", would join the new administration.
"We have nominated him to be chief of the national policy council ... It's a very important position, but I don't know about him (joining)," Talabani told Reuters after a meeting with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in Paris.
Talabani, a Kurd, said Iraqiya's leadership had now "assured" him it would participate in the political process. "It will happen and the violence will end," he predicted.
Allawi, interviewed in London, said he did not expect the accord to lead to a stable government because it would not be the power-sharing administration it had been portrayed as.
"The formula for power sharing has been distorted and the issue of devolution has been distorted so I am not sure whether a coherent government (can be formed)," he told Reuters.
"Still we have some time to discuss issues and to see if this will happen or not," he added. Asked if the government could last long, he replied "No"...."