again and again, "the five Iraqi leaders" work together. The 2 Kurdish, 2 Shiite, and 1 Sunni leaders of the 5 parties in the executive branch are yet again working together against the other Sunnis and Shiites outside the executive branch.
More significantly, Sunni Arab Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi signed off on a statement by President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, and the Shiite vice president, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, expressing support for the crackdown in the oil-rich southern city of Basra.
while the mainstream media story calls this collaboration "rare", I've been talking about it for years now.
