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How United Is Iraq's Unity Government?
Iraq's unity government is facing a political crisis. Last week, six ministers resigned, and today five more declared a "boycott" of meetings. That leaves no active Sunnis in Prime Minister al-Maliki's cabinet.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readIraq's unity government is facing a political crisis. Last week, six ministers resigned, and today five more declared a "boycott" of meetings. That leaves no active Sunnis in Prime Minister al-Maliki's cabinet. Feisal Istrabadi, Iraq's Ambassador to the UN, concedes that the al-Maliki government is not providing basic services—water, power and sewage, but claims that the Prime Minister's political problems are growing pains much like those of the early United States.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Leon Panetta
Panetta Institute for Public Policy
Peter Galbraith
gubernatorial candidate and former diplomat
Juan Cole
University of Michigan
The full episode
1 of 2How United Is Iraq's Unity Government?- 0:00How United Is Iraq's Unity Government?You’re reading this
- 0:00Is the Costly Iraq War Endangering US Safety at Home?