"They're going to have to reach out
and reconcile with the Sunni population, and make them feel like their
government in Baghdad represents them."
Iraq’s current Prime Minister is Haider al-Abadi, who represents the Shia State of Law coalition.
The
country is one of the world’s few Shia governed states, while Iraq
itself is divided between the 57 per cent Shia and 40 per cent Sunni
population, as well as the majority Sunni Kurdish citizenry.
Mr
Abadi formally declared victory over the vile ISIS regime in Iraq after a
nearly nine-month battle against the terror tyrants came to a close in
Mosul.
Dressed in a black military uniform
he heralded the "collapse of the terrorist state of falsehood” as he
waved his nation’s flag.
In a speech shown on state television, he
said: "I announce from here the end and the failure and the collapse of
the terrorist state of falsehood and terrorism which the terrorist
Daesh announced from Mosul.
"We have another mission ahead of us,
to create stability, to build and clear Daesh cells, and that requires
an intelligence and security effort, and the unity which enabled us to
fight Daesh.”
US President Donald Trump congratulated Iraq and said ISIS’ days were numbered.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the victory "a critical milestone" in the war against ISIS.
