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Ted Cruz: Sunni tribes in Iraq can be fickle; after years of disenfranchisement under former Prime Minister Maliki, they seem very…

On the recordMay 20, 2015
Sunni tribes in Iraq can be fickle; after years of disenfranchisement under former Prime Minister Maliki, they seem very unlikely to side with the increasingly sectarian and Shiite Iraqi Security Forces against ISIS.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Cruz highlights the challenges of Sunni tribes aligning with Iraqi forces due to past grievances.

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