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KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) – Abdel Hussein al-Lami, whose brother and two nephews were gunned down in the northern Iraqi town of Hawijah, seethes and promises revenge. Nasser Bonyan al-Lami worked with two of his sons selling sandwiches in the Sunni-majority town when gunmen burst into their small eatery and machine-gunned them to death. “It’s a […]

Via the Associated Press Iraqi Parliament Delays Constitution Vote  By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer In another dramatic last-minute standoff, Iraqi leaders late Monday put off a vote on a draft constitution, adjourning Parliament at a midnight deadline in a bid for more time to try to win over the Sunni Arab minority whose support […]