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Political crisis pushes Iraq toward sectarian war

Violence fuels criticism of US troop pullout

By Adam Schreck

 |  Associated Press  

  January 10, 2012

More than 90 people have died in blasts across Iraq in less than a week, including 19 people killed in a series of attacks in the Baghdad area on Monday, while the protracted political standoff between Shiite and Sunni leaders shows no sign of ending. The troubled start of an Iraq era without U.S. forces calls into question the Obama administration’s assertion that it has wound down America’s long war responsibly, according to critics of the president’s decision to remove all forces last month.

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