The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Governing_Council" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iraqi Governing Council">Iraqi Governing Council</a> chooses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayad_Allawi" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ayad Allawi">Ayad Allawi</a>, a longtime anti-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a> exile, as prime minister of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" id="mwASM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>'s interim government.