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09-21-2006, 06:02 AM
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Senior Iraqi and U.S. officials are beginning to question whether Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has the political muscle and decisiveness to hold Iraq together, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Four months into his tenure, Maliki has failed to take aggressive steps to end the country's sectarian strife because they would alienate fundamentalist Shiite leaders inside his fractious government who have large followings and private armies, senior Iraqi politicians and Western officials say, The Times reported. He is also constrained by the need to woo militant Sunni Arabs connected to the insurgency.
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Four months into his tenure, Maliki has failed to take aggressive steps to end the country's sectarian strife because they would alienate fundamentalist Shiite leaders inside his fractious government who have large followings and private armies, senior Iraqi politicians and Western officials say, The Times reported. He is also constrained by the need to woo militant Sunni Arabs connected to the insurgency.
EasyBourse actualité - Top US, Iraqi Officials Begin To Doubt PM Malaki -NYT (http://www.easybourse.com/Website/dynamic/News.php?NewsID=59365&lang=fra&NewsRubrique=2)