Kurdish, Sunni Arab parties back crackdown on militias
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BAGHDAD - 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. The emergence of a common cause could help bridge Iraq's political rifts. The head of the Kurdish self-ruled region, Massoud Barzani, has offered Kurdish troops to help fight anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia.
WOW! finally this government is starting to pull itself together in unity. Great leaps foward I see before my eyes. I thought this would never happen. But what do I know? im just a newbie.
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