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Iraq says Arab summit to be held on schedule
By Yara Bayoumy
BAGHDAD, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki said on Saturday an Arab League summit would take
place as scheduled in Baghdad next month, despite security fears
after violence killed at least 60 people this week.
Maliki's announcement came after al Qaeda's affiliate in
Iraq threatened a new wave of attacks against Shi'ite Muslims,
whom the Islamist militant group accuses of persecuting Sunni
Muslims in post-Saddam Iraq.
The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group for al
Qaeda-linked Sunni insurgents, claimed responsibility for a
string of coordinated attacks that mainly targeted police forces
in Shi'ite areas and killed at least 60 people across the
country on Thursday.
The violence highlighted the threat al Qaeda and other
militant groups continue to pose to vulnerable security forces
after the withdrawal of U.S. troops in mid-December.
Copyright © 2012, Reuters
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By Yara Bayoumy
BAGHDAD, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki said on Saturday an Arab League summit would take
place as scheduled in Baghdad next month, despite security fears
after violence killed at least 60 people this week.
Maliki's announcement came after al Qaeda's affiliate in
Iraq threatened a new wave of attacks against Shi'ite Muslims,
whom the Islamist militant group accuses of persecuting Sunni
Muslims in post-Saddam Iraq.
The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group for al
Qaeda-linked Sunni insurgents, claimed responsibility for a
string of coordinated attacks that mainly targeted police forces
in Shi'ite areas and killed at least 60 people across the
country on Thursday.
The violence highlighted the threat al Qaeda and other
militant groups continue to pose to vulnerable security forces
after the withdrawal of U.S. troops in mid-December.
Copyright © 2012, Reuters
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