Iraq's Maliki Rebuffs Biden, Signals Move To Shiite Rule -- McClathcy News
BAGHDAD — Rebuffing a plea by the Obama administration, Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki signaled Wednesday that he's ready to gradually drop his key partner party, the largely Sunni Iraqiya bloc, and move toward a government run by the country's Shiite majority at the expense of minority Sunnis and Kurds. At a news conference where he repeatedly emphasized his own powers under the Iraqi constitution and berated his coalition partners, Maliki seemed unconcerned if some Iraqiya members quit the broad coalition, and he spoke at length about the options available to him if they did.
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My Comment: The Sunni's have been discarded from the government. So much for reconciliation and unity .... instead .... where Iraq is heading now is sectarian violence and the very real prospect of civil war.
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