Friday, July 4, 2014

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki Vows He 'Will Never Give Up' On Third Term Bid

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (C) attends a session at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Iraq's PM Vows Fight For Third Term -- BBC

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki says he will "never give up" on his bid for a third term in office despite foreign and domestic pressure.

He said he would remain a "soldier" in the fight against Sunni militants.

Mr Maliki's alliance of Shia parties won parliamentary elections in April.

However he is seen by many in Iraq as having exacerbated the crisis in Iraq with policies favouring his own Shia community while marginalising the minority Sunni Arabs.

He earlier rejected demands for a national unity government to help counter the offensive by jihadist-led Sunni rebels, calling instead for political forces to reconcile.

The rebels have occupied swathes of northern and western Iraq, declaring a large region straddling Iraq and Syria a caliphate or Islamic state.

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My Comment: His days are numbered.

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