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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