Article: Al-Maliki Lashes Out at Sunni Leader

Iraq's prime minister lashed out at the country's Sunni Arab vice president in an interview published Tuesday, drawing attention to a bitter rift between two key politicians from rival sects at a time the U.S. is pressing for Iraqi unity.

A U.S. military helicopter, meanwhile, crashed Tuesday near Salman Pak southeast of Baghdad, killing two soldiers and wounding 12, the military said. It said initial reports indicated the crash was not a result of hostile fire. The military did not give the type of helicopter or the nationalities of the victims.

The outburst by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, printed in a newspaper read throughout the Arab world, occurred as American ...

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