Sunni politician blasts Iraqi government

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Sunni politician blasts Iraqi government

By HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press Writer 42 minutes ago

BAGHDAD - The leader of parliament's largest Sunni Arab bloc complained Sunday that Sunni members of the Shiite-led government were marginalized and given no real authority, charging that an 11-week-old U.S.-backed security push in Baghdad was victimizing the city's Sunni residents.


A visibly angry Adnan al-Dulaimi, leader of the Iraqi Accordance Front, said he had nothing to fear from calls by Shiite lawmakers for lifting his parliamentary immunity to face questioning on alleged involvement in sectarian cleansing in Baghdad and inciting sectarian strife.


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"Our participation in this so-called national unity government is weak and marginalized and our ministers have no authority to serve
Iraq or its people," he said.

He also complained that Shiite militias and death squads, both blamed for targeting Sunni Arabs in kidnappings and execution-style killings, have resumed their activity after staying out of sight in the initial stages of the joint U.S.-Iraqi security plan........

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