Iraq Sunni insurgency seeks end to Shi'te political domination

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Sunni insurgents and tribal leaders said on Wednesday after a closed meeting they would keep fighting until they take over the Iraqi capital and bring down a U.S. imposed political order that brought Shi'ites to rule the country and marginalised them. Sunni cleric Abdul Malik Al-Saadi, who praised the "mujahdeen" (holy warriors) leading the revolt, said tribes were the backbone of a broad based insurgency battling against Iraqi Shi'ite Islamist Prime Minister Nuri Maliki's rule. He said these forces had now captured large parts of western and northern Iraq. The Islamic State, the Al Qaeda offshoot, is only a part of the uprising, the Sunni's top religious figure said. Read More http://ift.tt/1zKh2nL