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Iraqi finance minister calls it quits

2013-03-01 36 Dailymotion

Sunnis gather for prayer in Iraq amid ongoing discontent over their treatment by a Shiite-led government.<br/> <br />The country's precarious sectarian balance is coming under growing strain as Sunnis have taken to the streets calling for the Prime Minister to quit.<br/> <br />Now the Sunni Finance Minister Rafaie al-Esawi is tendering his resignation.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE)(Arabic) IRAQ'S FINANCE MINISTER RAFAIE AL-ESAWI, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I announce my resignation from the government, which shed the blood of Iraqis and killed a number of martyrs in Falluja and which has not taken any measure until today against the murderers who killed our sons in Falluja. I do not want to be part of this government. I have been a representative of my people in the last elections and I went to Baghdad with their authorisation and I am giving them back the authorisation today in front of this protest. I won't be part of a government that can not represent its people."<br/> <br />The demonstrations are fuelling concerns th

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