Iraqi leaders' sectarianism fueled militant advance: US

June 19, 2014 02:38

Islamist militants have rolled over the Iraqi army because the Shiite-led government has pursued a sectarian agenda that alienated Sunnis, the top-ranking US military officer said today.

General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed that Baghdad had requested US "air power" to fend off the onslaught of Sunni extremists. But he said the political leadership had sown the seeds of the crisis it now faces.

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