![Nuri al-Maliki, acting Defence Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi and Lieutenant General Abboud Qanbar attend the funeral ceremony of Gen. Majid Abdul Salam, at the defence ministry in Baghdad Nuri al-Maliki (C), acting Defence Minister Saadoun al-Dulaimi (2nd R) and Lieutenant General Abboud Qanbar (L) attend the funeral ceremony of Gen. Majid Abdul Salam, at the defence ministry in Baghdad August 13, 2014. Gen. Majid Abdul Salam was the pilot of the Iraqi army helicopter carrying aid and evacuating displaced members of the Yazidi minority in northern Iraq that crashed on Tuesday, in an accident that also wounded passengers, a government spokesman said. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNRE](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/08/RTR42A79.jpg/RTR42A79.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=lqUY-68H)
The collapse of Maliki’s party
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