With Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq's new prime minister, on the verge of creating what many hope will be the first national unity government, the unrelenting violence of the past week provides continuing evidence of the immensity of the task in front of the new ministers. How will any government hold the confidence of Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs and Kurds? Insurgents set off car bombs, killed and kidnapped. Blindfolded or handcuffed bodies, thought to be the victims of sectarian killers, were found dumped in abandoned properties or by the sides of roads.
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