Iraqi PM says political crisis behind violence

[annabanana]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061126/ts_nm/iraq_dc_64

By Mussab Al-Khairalla
32 minutes ago



BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki made an urgent plea on Sunday to the rival sectarian factions in his government to end disputes that he said were behind the bloodshed and crisis of recent days.

Mortars again crashed down in various parts of the capital, keeping nerves on edge despite a curfew that kept seven million people locked down for a third day since a mass car bombing on Thursday killed more than 200 people in a Shi'ite area.

Berating all the political leadership -- rather than shadowy militant groups as he has in the past -- Maliki told a brief televised news conference: "The ones who can stop a further deterioration and the bloodshed are the politicians

"Let's be totally honest -- the security situation is a reflection of political disagreement," he said, surrounded by Sunni and Kurdish leaders as well as his fellow Shi'ites.

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[rodeodance]

1. yeah, those little political disagrements as he calls them keep

killing and killing and killing..............