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IRAQ: Iraqi Prime Minister meets Sunni Sheikh Abdul Sattar

'With us - or against us' was America's rallying cry in its global war on terror, but in Iraq they have sided with an unlikely ally. He is Sheikh Abdul Sattar, a Sunni tribal leader once a sworn enemy of the United States, who is now credited with arresting Al Qaeda operatives and fighting against insurgents in the volatile city of Ramadi. The Shia Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, arrived in Ramadi to visit the Sunni Sheikh and promote unity and reconciliation. However, it was not long before his visit descended into the kind of factional dispute which has plagued his country. Ramadi, in the Anbar province, west of Baghdad, has been a bastion of the Sunni insurgency against the Iraqi government and US forces. A 'Fractured Iraq' report.

ITN Source | March 13, 2007Watch more videos from ITN Source

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