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Iraq
Turkey warns against sectarian strife in Iraq
2012-01-11
Translation: hands off the Turkomen or else...
ANKARA: TurkeyÂ’s prime minister is urging IraqÂ’s leaders to halt escalating sectarian tensions saying they would be held responsible for any bloodshed in the event of a civil war.

The leaders of IraqÂ’s rival sects have been locked in a standoff after authorities in the government called for Vice President Tariq Al-HashemiÂ’s arrest on terrorism charges, soon after US troops left the country. There are fears that the crisis will push Iraq toward a renewal of the large-scale sectarian warfare that pushed the country to the brink of civil war in 2006-7.

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Iraqi leaders who pave the way for a sectarian conflict would be “condemned to be remembered as the devil.”
Posted by:Steve White

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