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In this handout photo released by the Iraqi Government, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, speaks during a meeting in Baghdad,Iraq, on Saturday Nov. 14, 2009. A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections. In its latest anti-Baathist attack, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shiite-dominated government put three men on state television Sunday Nov. 22 2009, to confess their alleged role in planning suicide attacks in Baghdad last month. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government, Handout)