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Iraqi Sunni Leaders: Sectarianism Destroyed Iraq; We'll Work with National Coalitions

Two key Iraqi Sunni leaders, 'Adnan Al-Duleimi and Khalaf Al-'Alyan, have declared that Iraqi Sunnis no longer wish to organize themselves into a Sunni political body, and that they would operate within national coalitions that "repudiate sectarianism, the political quota system, and the exploitation of religion to gain votes."

[This is precisely the program of Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Maliki's dawlat al-qanun ("state of law") but the speakers have not gone as far as endorsing it or joining it at this time.]

Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, September 3, 2009

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