Iraqi PM rebukes 2 Sunni Arab states
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Iraqi">Iraqi</span> <span word="Prime">Prime</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Nouri">Nouri</span> <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Maliki">Maliki</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="Arabia">Arabia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Qatar">Qatar</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="openly">openly</span> <span word="funding">funding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sunni">Sunni</span> <span word="Muslim">Muslim</span> <span word="insurgents">insurgents</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="troops">troops</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="battling">battling</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="Anbar">Anbar</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="strongest">strongest</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="fighting">fighting</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p><span word="Security">Security</span> <span word="forces">forces</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="fighting">fighting</span> <span word="insurgents">insurgents</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="al">al</span>-<span word="Qaida">Qaida</span>-<span word="affiliated">affiliated</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="State">State</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Levant">Levant</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Anbar">Anbar</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> - <span word="Fallujah">Fallujah</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Ramadi">Ramadi</span> -<span word="since">since</span> <span word="January">January</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="arrest">arrest</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Sunni">Sunni</span> <span word="lawmaker">lawmaker</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clearing">clearing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="anti">anti</span>-<span word="government">government</span> <span word="protest">protest</span> <span word="camp">camp</span> <span word="prompted">prompted</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tribal">tribal</span> <span word="revolt">revolt</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="allowed">allowed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ISIL">ISIL</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="fighting">fighting</span> <span word="positions">positions</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cities">cities</span>.</p><p><span word="Maliki">Maliki</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="remarks">remarks</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Iraqi">Iraqi</span> <span word="fears">fears</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Sunni">Sunni</span> <span word="Arab">Arab</span> <span word="states">states</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="tries">tries</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="burnish">burnish</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="standing">standing</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="defender">defender</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mainly">mainly</span> <span word="Shiite">Shiite</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="elections">elections</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="April">April</span>.</p><p><span word="Violence">Violence</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="escalated">escalated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> 12 <span word="months">months</span> -<span word="ISIL">ISIL</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="led">led</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="devastating">devastating</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="suicide">suicide</span> <span word="bombings">bombings</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-2013 - <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Maliki">Maliki</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mid">mid</span>-<span word="February">February</span> <span word="speech">speech</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="Arabia">Arabia</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Qatar">Qatar</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="offering">offering</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="recruit">recruit</span> <span word="fighters">fighters</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Fallujah">Fallujah</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 700 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="February">February</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="including">including</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 300 <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="western">western</span> <span word="Anbar">Anbar</span> <span word="province">province</span>. <span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="deadliest">deadliest</span> <span word="since">since</span> 2008, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 8,000 <span word="killed">killed</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="accuse">accuse</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="inciting">inciting</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="encouraging">encouraging</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="terrorist">terrorist</span> <span word="movements">movements</span>. <span word="I">I</span> <span word="accuse">accuse</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="supporting">supporting</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="politically">politically</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="media">media</span>, <span word="of">of</span> <span word="supporting">supporting</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="buying">buying</span> <span word="weapons">weapons</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="them">them</span>,” <span word="he">he</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="France">France</span> 24 <span word="television">television</span> <span word="late">late</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saturday">Saturday</span>.</p>
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