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On the recordFebruary 26, 2014
How do we get it through to Maliki that he has to stop suppressing the Sunnis or he, in fact, is creating an al Qaeda opportunity in places like Fallujah?
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

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Senator King raises concerns about sectarian suppression leading to extremist opportunities.

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