Maliki distances himself from U.S. accusations towards Iran Sunday saying it would not be forced into conflict with its Shiite neighbor

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"We don't want to be pushed into any conflict with any neighboring countries, especially Iran. What happened before is enough. We paid a lot," Dabbagh said, referring to the eight years war between the two nations in which an estimated 1 million people died...."