Iraq PM warns of ‘war of genocide’ as attacks kill 49 By Salam Faraj (AFP) – 15 hours ago Baghdad — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned on Wednesday that the country is facing a “war of genocide,” as officials said militants killed 49 people in two days of attacks. Violence has reached a level unseen since 2008, as Iraq emerged from a brutal conflict between minority Sunni Muslims and majority Shiites. Militants, including those linked to Al-Qaeda, a Sunni organisation, frequently target security forces and other government employees. “It has become clear… that Iraq is subjected to a war of genocide targeting all of its components,” Maliki said in his weekly address. Al-Qaeda is once again “destroying the houses of citizens and killing them, and blowing up government departments,” Maliki said. But a front opposing the militant group “has begun to form in Iraq from different components… […]