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iron fist from the top, and it will happen only when and if they want it to happen. The Washington Post A terrorist with gang-leader charisma David Ignatius June 24, 2014 -- A glimpse of the passionate loyalty inspired by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the insurgent group known as the Islamic State

2, 2011, just days before the final U.S. troops departed Iraq, Maliki visited the White House. According to Nasr, he told Obama that Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi, an Iraqiya leader and the highest- ranking Sunni in his government, supported terrorism. Maliki, argues Nasr, was testing Obama, probing to see how

the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Now Mr. Panetta has indirectly caused a similar stir: After a conversation with Mr. Panetta this month, The Post's David Ignatius reported that the Pentagon chief "believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June." What could explain th

iki formed a government in Baghdad, scoring a victory for Tehran. Maliki has cracked down on Ankara-backed factions, issuing an arrest warrant for Tariq al-Hashimi, Iraq's vice president and leader of the country's Sunni community. Hashimi has taken refuge in the Kurdish-controlled part of Iraq. The Kurds, who

n the past, beginning in 2007; we must do so again. The stakes for Iraq and the region are far too high for anything less. Read more from Opinions: David Ignatius: Invading Iraq was a disastrous mistake Rajiv Chandrasekaran: Five myths about Iraq Phillip Carter: How the Iraq War hurt Republicans Andrew Bacevic

e 2010 parliamentary elections, in which no one party won a clear mandate. It survived last year's arrest of the bodyguards of Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi on charges of terrorism, as well as his subsequent trial in absentia and death sentence. And although domestic political issues galvanized Sunni ar