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Iraq's prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, a Shia, has repeatedly stressed that the military campaign he launched in March, backed by American and British forces, was not directed against any one faction, certainly not just the Mahdi militia.
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But the prime minister argues that he has at least two advantages: his experience in Brussels grappling with multinationals and national governments, and the fact that his government is not beholden to any one political faction or interest group.
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Lawmakers in the majority, anti-Syrian faction said they would not take any drastic measures such as electing one of their own in a simple majority ignoring the opposition boycott.
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