US Motives in Iraq Raise Suspicions Across Sectarian Divide

Any American assistance to the beleaguered government of Nouri al-Maliki to push back a jihadist-led Sunni Muslim insurgency needs to take into account the widespread suspicion of U.S. motives across Iraq’s sectarian divide, caution analysts. They say that almost whatever the Obama administration does to bolster Iraq’s Shia Muslim-dominated government, encourage a more inclusive replacement leadership or assist in trying to turn the tide against a Sunni rebellion that swept across western...

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