Analysis: Iraqi PM wins rare support (AP)


Written on April 6, 2008 – 9:34 am | by

Iraqi security forces display a picture of one of Prime Minister's Nouri al-Maliki's top security officials Salim Qassim, during an official funeral ceremony in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, April 1, 2008. Salim Qassim, known by his nickname Abu Laith al-Kadhimi was killed during a mortar attack in southern Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday March 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s faltering crackdown on Shiite militants has won the backing of Sunni Arab and Kurdish parties that fear both the powerful sectarian militias and the effects of failure on Iraq’s fragile government.

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