Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) receives Walter Kalin, the UN Secretary-General's representative on the human rights of internally displaced persons, at his office in Baghdad September 29, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Iraqi Government/HandoutIraq's Military Flexes To Deter Any Sunni Backlash -- Time Magazine
Mindful that the likely return to power of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki at the head of yet another Shi'ite-dominated government could potentially trigger a Sunni backlash, the Iraqi military is putting on a show of force in Anbar province — an erstwhile hotbed of insurgency. But that plan risks inflaming hostility in a community that already feels politically marginalized.
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