Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, second right, and former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, second left, speak to reporters after their meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 3, 2011. The former prime minister who led a political coalition heavily supported by Iraq's minority Sunnis has rejected a position in the nation's new government, a spokeswoman said Thursday, a move that could marginalize Sunnis at a time when anger about shoddy government services have prompted deadly protests. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)