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TIME World Iraq Iraq Approves New Unity Government, Sets the Stage for Combatting ISIS Iraq's new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, right, and Ammar al-Hakim, left, the leader of the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq, during the session to approve the new government in Baghdad on Sept. 8, 2014 Hadi MizbanAP U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hails the new administration as a "major milestone"
Iraqs parliament has approved a new government, setting the stage for expanded U.S. military support to battle the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS).
The new cabinet was sworn in amid mounting international and domestic pressure to end a weeks-long political deadlock between the nations Shiite majority and its Sunni and Kurdish minorities. Incoming Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, a Shiite, will be flanked by Sunni and Kurdish deputies, both of whom have also been appointed key ministerial posts.
Al-Abadi released a statement, in which he vowed to work with all communities in Iraq. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the new government a major milestone.
Yet the power-sharing deal wasnt reached until a stormy Monday parliamentary session spilled well into the night, just barely staving off the Wednesday constitutional deadline. Several key posts were also left vacant, including those of Defense and Interior Minister. Al-Abadi has promised to fill those positions within a week.
The new government arrives at a precarious juncture. Over the past few months, ISIS militants have taken control over vast swaths of Iraqs northern territory and continue to pose a serious threat to the central authorities.
Many Sunni rebels have been recruited into the extremist groups swelling ranks after becoming estranged by a government seen to support indiscriminate attacks against Sunnis. There is also a long-standing conflict between Baghdad and Kurds over oil revenues, the nonpayment of which has weakened the Kurdish resistance against the extremists.
Al-Abadis predecessor Nouri al-Maliki resigned in August amid accusations from the Sunni and Kurdish communities that he was bolstering sectarianism. The new Prime Minister touched on these tensions by praising Shiite militias and citizens who stopped ISIS fighters from reaching Baghdad this summer, but also declaring that any armed formation outside the authority of the state is banned, Reuters reports.
The new cabinet sets the stage for U.S. President Barack Obamas expected announcement Wednesday of a wider battle strategy against ISIS that would hinge on inclusive reforms in Iraq.
Now is the time for Iraqs leaders to govern their nation with the same vision and sense of purpose that helped bring this new government together in the first place, Kerry said in response to the new government. In that effort they should know that the United States will stand shoulder to shoulder with Iraqis as they implement their national plan.
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Iraq Approves New Unity Government, Sets the Stage for Combatting ISIS
Sept. 8, 2014: Vice President Nouri al-Maliki, attends the Parliament session to submit his government in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)
BAGHDAD Iraq's new prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, has a daunting task ahead of him: With the world watching, the Shiite politician must unify a deeply divided country against Sunni militants who have seized much of its territory.
First, though, he must find officials to run the defense and interior ministries who will be acceptable to Iraq's parliament, which approved his Cabinet late Monday except for those positions along with a few lesser posts.
The Islamic State group's lightning advance across much of northern and western Iraq has driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes since June, and prompted the U.S. to launch aid operations and airstrikes in hopes of boosting the waning efforts of Iraqi and Kurdish forces looking to regain control of lost territory.
The success of outreach efforts to Iraq's alienated Sunni minority will be a key part of international efforts to beat back the Islamic State militants, who also control parts of neighboring Syria.
Addressing lawmakers, al-Abadi said the central government, which includes all major religious and ethnic groups in Iraq, must make sure that cities and provinces have enough money to deliver basic services. He also emphasized the need to provide housing and education to more than a million people displaced by the militants' advance.
Like many positions in the Iraqi government, the job of defense minister has, in recent years, traditionally been assigned to a Sunni, while the interior minister has been a Shiite. Some lawmakers say the country is at too critical a juncture to put so much emphasis on sect.
"I have fears that the vacant posts, mainly the defense and interior, will be run without ministers or be given to persons affiliated with political parties instead of to people who are independent and professional," Hamid al-Mutlaq, a Sunni lawmaker from Anbar province, told
Al-Mutlaq called on al-Abadi's government to "prove its credibility and good intentions."
Salim al-Muslimawi, a Shiite lawmaker from Babil province, said any further delay in filling the defense and interior posts risks making the government appear weak and divided. He called the generally rapid selection of other Cabinet ministers "a positive step in tackling the many problems facing the country."
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HOUSTON _ As the Obama Administration ratchets up its confrontation with radical Islamists in Iraq, an idled tanker loaded with Kurdish oil off the Texas coast may provide a bargaining chip for enhancing US influence in Iraq.
The US has been seeking to persuade Iraqs Shia Muslim-dominated government to open itself to more inclusion, especially by the minority Sunni Arab population. Bringing beleaguered Iraqi Sunnis into the Baghdad power structure is seen as a way to diminish the appeal of the Sunni extremist group known as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, which is bent on establishing an Islamic state.
At the same time, Iraqs Kurds have sought an increase in autonomy that could ultimately result in an independent state across northeastern Iraq. Kurds have asserted their economic independence by increasing their oil production and exports via Turkey.
The travails of the United Kalavrvta, which entered the Gulf of Mexico in July carrying about one million barrels of Kurdish crude, are indicative of the Kurdish Regional Governments attempts to market oil and establish financial independence from Baghdad.
The US government has responded to the tankers arrival by publicly supporting Baghdads claim of control over Iraqs natural resources, including those in the Kurdish north. Unable to enter US territorial waters, the cargo languishes in a sort of legal limbo.
We feel the Obama administration may be missing a prime opportunity to use the dispute to influence events in Iraq. As part of its overall strategy, Washington should consider tempering its unconditional support for Baghdad, making it conditional the governments becoming more inclusive of Sunni Arabs and other minorities.
Manifestations of the chauvinistic tendencies in Baghdad include brutal suppression of Sunni protests and the flight of Iraqs Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, exiled in Kurdistan since 2011.
If US diplomats let it be known in Baghdad that, if progress were not made on issues of concern to Iraqi minorities, the Obama administration could announce its intention to recognize Kurdish autonomy in its oil production and sales efforts. If the Kurdish oil came ashore in the US, the resource ownership battle could move to US courts. If the owners of the oil were unhappy with these prospects, they could offload elsewhere.
Either way, the threat of establishing a precedent for Kurdish oil exports might focus minds within the new Iraqi administration of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on issues of importance to US policy in the region. The Kurdish crude would not have to be offloaded in the United States for this stance to be effective.
Why is this important? Reducing Sunni alienation from the Shia-dominated Iraqi government is crucial to the success of Obamas campaign against ISIS. The brutality of ISIS is more tolerable in some Sunni areas because it provides an alternative to the oppressive tactics of Iraqi security forces under the sectarian dictates of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
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