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Iraq PM pledges to hunt down ‘outlaws’

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has vowed to confront perpetrators of violence following a recent spate of car bombings in and around Baghdad that left at least 68 people dead. In a show of cabinet unity, al-Maliki appeared on Tuesday with four leading ministers, including the country's two most senior Sunni politicians, to speak of […]

Al Jazeera with Agencies reports:

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has vowed to confront perpetrators of violence following a recent spate of car bombings in and around Baghdad that left at least 68 people dead.

In a show of cabinet unity, al-Maliki appeared on Tuesday with four leading ministers, including the country's two most senior Sunni politicians, to speak of his government's insistence on facing down the fighters.

"The cabinet discussed seriously today all the challenges facing the security situation and the steps that the council of ministers should adopt to confront the current crisis" he said.