Sunnis rejoin Iraqi government, raising reconciliation hopes
2008 July 22
Nancy Youssef of McClatchy comments on the return of the Iraqi government’s largest Sunni bloc to the national cabinet after a boycott that spanned nearly an entire year, citing demands met by the Maliki Shiite-majority government. Though largely a political maneuver, the reunion of the two blocs portends, perhaps, a departure from bitter sectarianism and toward political reconciliation.
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