Kerry Urging Kurds to Help Form United Iraq Government
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met officials of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region in his bid to prod leaders to unite against an al-Qaeda offshoot that has seized control over swaths of the country.
In his second visit to Iraq in as many days, Kerry held talks in Erbil today with Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, and other Kurdish leaders. He brought the same plea for cooperation he delivered yesterday to politicians in Baghdad, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite, and Sunni officials, as Iraq works to form a new government after April elections.