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Maliki looks to Sunnis for help in Iraq

Jan 13, 2014, 10:59 AM EST
raqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki speaks during a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in the Oval Office at the White House.
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Fierce Sunni protests against what is perceived as a Shiite bias in Iraq's federal government have threatened national cohesion for years now, but the steady advance of Al Qaeda on Fallujah has led P.M. Nouri Al-Maliki to accept the need for tribal support.

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