Iraq&#39;s Sunnis Should Get Some Government Posts, Senators Say
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Some members of the Sunni Muslim minority in Iraq should get positions in the new government following next month&#39;s elections, US Senators Carl Levin and Richard Lugar said.
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Iraq's prime minister urged ministers from the main Sunni Arab bloc on Saturday to return to their vacant government posts, suggesting he would soon form a new cabinet if they refused.
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US-backed mainly Sunni patrols must be integrated into the security forces, Iraq's defence minister warns.
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ARBIL, Iraq  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will urge Iraqi Kurdish leaders on Friday to work with Sunnis and Shi'ites, particularly on the controversial issue of managing Iraq's vast oil wealth.
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The Bush administration is considering reserving a few high-level posts in the next Iraqi government for Sunni Muslims, regardless of how well they fare in next month&#39;s elections, for fear that their exclusion could prolong the country&#39;s military and
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Iraq's parliament agreed on Thursday to   begin looking at a potentially divisive draft law on federalism   that minority Sunnis fear could break up the country and leave   them with little access to its oil wealth.
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Analysis: Shi'ites and Sunnis accuse the U.S. of deliberately failing to protect them from each other, as raging violence mocks the idea that Iraqis are almost ready handle their own security
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Leading Sunni Muslim politicians Thursday urged postponement of the Jan. 30 national elections, and a senior official said the government had agreed to meet outside the country with Saddam Hussein supporters to try to convince them to abandon the insurgency.
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Sunni-led Gulf Arab states, worried by rising Shi'ite power in Iraq, urged the United States on Tuesday to ensure all religious and ethnic groups take part in next month's elections, which Shi'ites look poised to win.
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CAIRO -- The Iraqi government is responsible for defusing the sectarian violence tearing the country apart and should redraft the constitution and rescind laws that give preferential treatment to Shi'ites and Kurds, Arab foreign ministers said in a statement yesterday.
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Iraq's prime minister has said former members of Saddam Hussein's army can join the national forces as his government seeks help in curbing the rampant violence in the country.
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Under the guidance of Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, Shiite parties presented a list Thursday of 228 candidates for next month's parliamentary elections. Minority Sunni Arabs, who had been favored under Saddam Hussein, must now decide whether to join the race or renounce a vote that will help determine the country's future.
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Iraq&#39;s election body rejected a suggestion in Washington it adjust the results of next month&#39;s vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni areas means Shi&#39;ites
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Is there a &quot;Sunni problem&quot; in Iraq, as the United States would like us to believe? If there is, it is entirely of Washington&#39;s making.
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More Iraqi interim government officials are calling for postponing Jan. 30 elections to ensure a higher Sunni voter turnout, a sign that a campaign of violence might be taking its toll on Iraqi resolve. The country's electoral commission, however, insists that voting take place as scheduled.
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Leaders of the United Iraqi Alliance urged disaffected Sunnis to join in the elections for a national assembly.
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Shiites continued to fight for the authority to create autonomous states, a plan that Sunni lawmakers warned could undermine the countryÂs government.