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Iraq prioritizes Baghdad defense as Maliki aids frontline troops
Iraqi officials say Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is shifting focus to defend Baghdad with the military’s best-trained units while Sunni militants surge across the west and north. Shiite militias rally to protect the capital as Kurdish forces seize a key oil city, highlighting a fractured, high-stakes state amid calls to arms from Grand Ayatollah Sistani.
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Nouri al-Maliki
Iraq
Baghdad
Associated Press
al-Qaida
Massoud Barzani
U.S
John Kerry
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al-Maliki
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Iraq and the Levant
Tal Afar
Syria
Jordan
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Najaf
Karbala
Ayatollah
Ali al-Sistani
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