Condemnation of Thursday’s bombings has not been restricted to Shi’ites, and the country’s main Sunni and secular parties have also tried to ease sectarian strife.
After a series of recent bilateral meetings in Iraq’s Kurdish-dominated north, political leaders have agreed to meet in Baghdad soon to push their plan for an inclusive government that includes all Iraq’s sects and ethnic groups.
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