OPINION: People once at odds don’t try to even the score
After he declared victory over Islamic State (ISIS) on Dec. 9, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi made an important promise. He plans to address the wide distrust between Sunnis and Shiites — which was the root cause of ISIS’s rise three years ago.
“Iraq today is for all Iraqis,” he said, citing the rare unity of military forces during the final push against ISIS.
Abadi is now the latest world leader searching for national reconciliation and a healing of social wounds after the end of an armed conflict or the collapse of an authoritarian regime.