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Iraqi parliament in limbo as ISIL declares Islamic caliphate

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A convoy of ISIL fighters in eastern Syria, Monday.<br/> <br />The black flag of their rebel movement waving over their heads.<br/> <br />Sunni fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant parade through the town of Raqqa.<br/> <br />Their group wants to set up an Islamic caliphate in the region and its fighters now fully control these city streets.<br/> <br />In the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, parliament tries to cope.<br/> <br />The Sunni insurgency threatens to cut Iraq apart along its three main sectarian lines - Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurd.<br/> <br />On Tuesday, Parliament convened for the first time since April elections.<br/> <br />It's under pressure to form an inclusive unity government.<br/> <br />But it failed to name a replacement for embattled Shi'ite Prime Minister Nouri-al-Maliki.<br/> <br />And that prompted Sunnis and Kurds to simply walk out, leaving less than a third of lawmakers in the room.<br/> <br />Sunni former speaker of the house Osama al-Nujaifi:<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT AND THE SUN

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