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Friday, October 15, 2010

New Iraq Government May Hinge on Census Agreement By: Kirk Sowell | Briefing


An agreement reached between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Moqtada al-Sadr broke the logjam that had held up the formation of an Iraqi government. While the prospect of another Shiite-dominated government has raised concerns of renewed sectarian conflict, the arrival of senior Kurdish leaders for negotiations in Baghdad points to a more immediate danger: the Arab-Kurd conflict over the national census.
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