Sunday, April 28, 2013

Iraq Prime Minister Maliki Warns of 'Plague of Sectarianism'


Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is concerned about the sectarian violence that has persisted in Arab nations since the removal of US troops, and has since become the most widespread.  Maliki implied that the violence returned to Iraq after it had begun again in Syria.  Since Tuesday, 170 people have died across the country in the conflict. In the first attack gunmen opened fire on Sunni members of the local Awakening Council (established to combat insurgents linked to al-Qaeda).  Anti-government protesters called for Maliki, a Shia, to resign and denounced authorities for targeting the Sunni community.  The nation’s political and religious leaders were encouraged "not to let anger win over peace." 

Erin Burneson 

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