They will fight, as the Iraqi army did not. Secondly, ISIS has as allies in the north and west of Iraq Sunnis who detest Maliki and wish to be rid of him. But these Sunni are not demanding a ...

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Sunnis feel under assault—from al-Assad, Khamenei, and, up until recently, al-Maliki—and devoid of any committed or cred- ible political stewards. Their religious and political powerhouses ...

Prime Minister al-Maliki has consolidated power (often through extra-constitutional means), outmaneuvered rivals, and forcibly silenced critics. He continues to persecute Iraq's large Sunni ...

Already, in the wake of the U.S. military withdrawal in December 2011, Iraq has seen a fierce political struggle between Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and many of his rivals in the Sunni ...

A top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was released from jail Wednesday, a source in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri ...

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And a lot of Iraqis—Sunnis and Shias—were responding positively to that. Pres. BARACK OBAMA: Today, I’m proud to welcome Prime Minister Maliki, the elected leader— MICHAEL GORDON ...