Iraq's victims of violence doubt Maliki peace plan

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's national reconciliation plan is a hard sell on Karrada Inner street, where a roadside bomb left Akram Jabaar with a painful limp and little faith in his government.

"If you really want the truth, Maliki won't succeed and I really don't think he or his government are serious about reconciliation," said the 23-year-old clothes vendor, who struggles to walk with shrapnel in his knee.

"He says he wants to end sectarianism but his government is full of sectarians. It is logical to think there will be a civil war."

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"This can't work. Too many parties want too many things. There is no united voice in Iraq," he said.
(Karim Mehdi)

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