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The article discusses Iraqi president Fuad Masum's nomination of Shiite Muslim political leader Haider al-Abadi as prime minister of Iraq, highlighting Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's refusal to step down as prime minister. Topics addressed include allegations regarding Maliki's role in fueling sectarian tensions in the country and the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Sunni Muslim extremist organization, as well as U.S. responses to political instability in Iraq.

The article reports on the 2014 efforts of Iraqi political leaders to replace Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki in light of the prime minister's alleged marginalisation of non-Shiites in Iraq. Topics discussed include the need for an Iraqi leader to convince the Sunnis and Kurds that he can keep the country together, the June 2014 Sunni-led uprising in Iraq, and possible candidates to replace Maliki, including Adel Abdul Mahdi, Ahmed Chalabi, and Bayan Jaber.

The article discusses Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's decision to focus on recruiting Shiite Muslims to oppose Sunni Muslim militants aligned with Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization who have captured a number of Iraqi cities, noting that Maliki has not focused on political reconciliation with Sunni Arabs and Kurds in Iraq. Topics addressed include Shiite politicians' concerns with Maliki's sectarian approach, as well as U.S. calls for involving the Sunnis.

The article focuses on Shiite refugees in Iraq who have come to their sect's holy city of Najaf to seek assistance. There are as many as several hundreds thousand of these internally displaced persons in the area. They are kept in dismal camps far from the city in squalid conditions. Iraq has almost no resources to deal with its internal refugees. The displaced Shiites are furious the Shiite-dominated government of Nuri al-Maliki has not come to their aid.

In an operation with military and political objectives, the Iraqi Army continued to assemble troops in and around the southern city of Amara on Sunday. Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki offered an amnesty to militants in the city who were willing to surrender, and he also offered to buy back heavy weapons from militia fighters. Similar offers in the past few months have presaged military operations against Shiite or Sunni militias in Basra, the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Iraqi prime minister is sending several senior Shiite leaders to Tehran to discuss their concerns that Iran is arming and financing militias in Iraq, senior Iraqi and American officials said Wednesday. Iraqi officials including Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki have previously traveled to Iran, but this appears to be the first time that an elite delegation has been dispatched by Mr. Maliki to take up reports of Iranian intervention in Iraq. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the change of Iraqi government's policy regarding on-going construction of the wall protecting Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad, Iraq. While on a visit to Egypt, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki ordered a halt to the construction. Both Sunni and Shiite parties have opposed the project. His announcement is aimed at allaying the mounting criticism to the construction. He said that other methods would be explored to protect neighborhoods.

The article reports that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Michael Gates arrived in Baghdad, Iraq on April 19, 2007 to force Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to act faster for reconciliation between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq. Gates said that he would also urge the Iraqi government to pass legislation related to sharing of revenue earned from the petroleum industry in Iraq.

The article focuses on the efforts by Iraqi government to reconcile Sunnis and Shiites. Announcement by Iraq Prime Minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to introduce a modification in the law that restricts members of the Baath Party of Saddam Husein from holding government jobs is a step in this direction. Zalmay Khalilzad, the American ambassador to Iraq, who had served in Iraq for 21 months, emphasized to move with certain pace to sustain the U.S. support.