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/ 1 August 2007

Iraq’s main Sunni bloc quits in blow to govt

All six ministers from Iraq’s largest Sunni bloc tendered their resignation from Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s coalition government on Wednesday following a month-long spat. The decision by the National Concord Front effectively ends any claim by the Shi’ite-dominated coalition to be a government of national unity.