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July 7, 2014

Iraqi Lawmakers Postpone Key Talks; General Killed Near Baghdad 
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The Iraqi Parliament has postponed critical talks on choosing a new
government amidst a deadlock over filling top posts. The session began
last week, but quickly broke down in an impasse over choosing the prime
minister, speaker of parliament and president. The negotiations will be
postponed until August 12. The Iraqi government meanwhile says a top
general has been killed in fighting near Baghdad. Over the weekend,
video footage emerged of Sunni militant leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
openly delivering a sermon at a mosque in Mosul.

 

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