As the U.S. sends more airstrikes in the north in Iraq against the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) , otherwise known as the Islamic State (IS), another war is brewing in Baghdad between ousted Prime Minister Nour al-Maliki, current President Fuad Masum, and a man eyeing the now-available position as Iraq’s new leader. Until two days ago, Haider al-Abadi wasn’t really making headlines. A former communications minister and advisor to Maliki himself, Haider al-Abadi arrived quietly in Iraqi politics in 2005 after spending the last several decades exiled ...