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Friday, 20 June 2014

Top Shiite cleric calls for new government in Iraq

Iraqi men check in at main army recruiting center to volunteer for military service in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 20, 2014, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. The campaign by the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State militants has raised the specter of the sectarian warfare that nearly tore the country apart in 2006 and 2007, with the popular mobilization to fight the insurgents taking an increasingly sectarian slant, particularly after Iraq's top Shiite cleric made a call to arms last week. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) BAGHDAD (AP) — The spiritual leader of Iraq's Shiite majority called for a new, "effective" government Friday, increasing pressure on the country's prime minister as an offensive by Sunni militants rages on.








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