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Iraqi envoy quit over failure to prevent IS 'tragedies'

Ambassador Lukman Faily bemoans missed opportunities to head off the Islamic State early on and elaborates on his post-diplomatic plans in an exit interview with Al-Monitor.
Iraqi Ambassador to the US Lukman Faily looks on during a ceremony to repatriate more than 60 Iraqi cultural items which had been smuggled into the US at the Iraqi consulate in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2015.    AFP PHOTO/NICHOLAS KAMM        (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

The rumor mill has been churning steadily ever since Baghdad’s man in Washington decided to call it quits a couple of months ago.

Did he rub someone the wrong way? Is he gunning for higher office?

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