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Article: Iraqi Leader: Militias to Be Dissolved
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- October 5, 2006
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A political solution must be found to the problem of Iraq's sectarian violence that will lead to militias to "dissolve themselves," Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday ahead of talks with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Al-Maliki is under intensified pressure to find an end to the Shiite-Sunni killings that have torn Iraq apart for months despite the government's calls for militias - many of which have ties to parties in the government - to put down their arms.
On route to Baghdad on Thursday, Rice underlined that Iraq's leaders "don't have time for endless debate of these issues. They have really got to move forward."
"The dissolution of militia must ...