ISIS militants press forward, threaten to seize more Iraqi cities as soldiers bolt

[Ali_Syed]

Re: ISIS militants press forward, threaten to seize more Iraqi cities as soldiers bol

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Noori Al-Maliki has now refused to form a unity government with greater, more powerful Sunni representation in order to counter Sunni disaffection, and has denounced foreign pressure to do so as a coup attempt.

Given, that this was a prerequisite from the US in order to get air strike support, it look like Noori’s on his own with just Syria and Iran covering his back.

The rise of ISIS seems to be mainly due to this very reason in any case.