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PRAGUE, August 2, 2006 (RFE/RL)
-- As if he didn't have enough problems getting Sunni
Arab leaders to support his security and reconciliation
plan, Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has
come under increasing pressure from Shi'ite leaders who
claim he isn't moving fast enough to address the
deteriorating security situation. The Shi'a want al-Maliki
to take a tougher stand against the insurgency, but they
are unwilling to compromise on key issues that are
prerequisites to peace.
Shi'ite leaders are anxious to
put down the Sunni-led "resistance" once and for all.
While they criticize al-Maliki for taking a slow
approach to terror, prominent Shi'ite leaders have
become increasingly vocal in their calls for a
withdrawal of multinational forces from Iraq, viewing
the presence of such forces as an impediment to their
attempts to cement control over the country.
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