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Sunnis do not believe Abadi is solution to Iraq's crises

Members of the local council in Anbar province say that replacing Nouri al-Maliki with Haider al-Abadi will not solve the problems Sunnis have endured under Maliki’s rule.
Smoke rises from debris and a burnt car after a house was destroyed in a bomb attack in Fallujah, west of Baghdad July 19, 2014. The shelling of the city of Fallujah on Saturday killed 13 people and injured 17 others, according to police. Picture taken July 19, 2014.  REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTR3ZEH4
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Sheikh Mohammed al-Bajari, a member of the local council in Fallujah — the city west of Baghdad in Anbar province that has been under heavy shelling and military operations for over 18 months now — said he does not believe “Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stepping down and Haider al-Abadi designated to form the new government will solve the Sunnis’ problem with the federal government in Baghdad.”

Bajari described Maliki’s stepping down and Abadi’s designation as “a simple change of faces.”

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