Iraqis show no sign of uniting in response to massacre of Sunni tribe


  • World
  • Tuesday, 18 Nov 2014

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State's systematic massacre of hundreds of Iraq's Albu Nimr tribe should have been an unmistakable wake up call for a country that may not be able to stabilise without long-term support from Sunni tribesmen.

But nearly a month after members of the tribe were hunted down in groups and executed, the Baghdad government appears to be doing little to assimilate Sunnis in any much-needed move towards unity.

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