Iraq's new premier battles to unite a fractured nation


  • World
  • Monday, 15 Dec 2014

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi attends a news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, December 3, 2014. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three months after he took office with a mission to unite his broken, warring country, Iraq's new prime minister has swept away the divisive legacy of his predecessor with a burst of rapid and dramatic measures.

But Haider al-Abadi faces a huge challenge forging a common front against Islamic State fighters, rebuilding an ineffective army and reasserting a degree of central government authority across Iraq.

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