Quick fixes unlikely for Iraq after election: Whiles scores killed
Baghdad (AFP) May 20, 2014 - Strong election results may deliver a third term for incumbent premier Nuri al-Maliki, but few of Iraq's intractable problems, from brutal violence to fragile sectarian ties, appear closer to resolution, experts say. Iraq's security forces are mired in near-daily clashes with militants in western Iraq, to say nothing of regular attacks elsewhere in the country, while corruption has run rampa ... more

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