Iraq's PM Nuri al-Maliki sits next to former PM Ibrahim Jaafari during a meeting in Baghdad [Getty Images]

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 14: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) and Massoud Barzani, leader of the Iraq Autonomous Kurdish government, attend a meeting of senior political leaders August 14, 2007 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Thaier al-Sudani-Pool/Getty Images)

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