16 November 2013
WASSIT/ Aswat al-Iraq: Premier Nouri al-Maliki described the Shiite-Sunni conflict as "incitement made abroad", complaining that his governments' achievements are met with "negligence".

During his speech at the opening ceremony of the third unit of Zubaidiya power station in Wassit province, he criticized the "silence" on terrorist actions and describing them as "mujahedeen".

On the Syrian question, he added "we are not against the Syrian people and its demands, but we are against terrorism, Qaeda and Nusra organizations, because we are victims of terrorism".

"Iraq will not permit the region to be the nest for terrorists and killers, as happened in Iraq and happening in Syria", he stressed

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