AP: Iraq Political Groups Warned on Militias

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Iraq Political Groups Warned on Militias


Thursday October 5, 2006 8:46 PM

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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA

Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Political parties must either get rid of their militias
or get out of politics, Iraq's prime minister said Thursday, in his toughest
warning yet to groups blamed for the country's wave of sectarian violence.

Ahead of talks with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice on how to stop
the wave of Shiite-Sunni killings in Iraq, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told
The Associated Press he was "optimistic" a political solution will be found
to persuade militias to dissolve.

But once an agreement is reached, "the political solution must be obligatory,
one that all parties adhere to," he said. "The presence of parties with militias
in the government is not acceptable."

"The political parties must obey the decisions of the government or else get out
of the political process. I don't believe there is any power that wants to leave
the political process," he said, speaking during an "iftar" dinner, the meal
that ends the daily Ramadan fast.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6128399,00.html

[Kagemusha]

1. I wonder what "Make me" translates to in Arabic.

That's the first thought that crosses my mind anyway.