Summary
Iraq's parliament failed Sunday to break a political deadlock that is holding up the formation of a new government to tackle an Islamist-led insurgency raging less than 80 kilometers from Baghdad.
The political impasse has been given added urgency by the Islamist-led insurgency which swept through Sunni provinces of northern Iraq last month, encouraging Maliki's opponents to try to force his departure.
The charges were dropped after the April election amid rumors that Jabouri would back Maliki to remain as prime minister.
Two hundred and thirty-three out of 328 deputies attended Sunday's short meeting, a significant improvement on the July 1 session, when only a third turned up.
The insurgents attacked the town of Dhuluiya, about 70 kilometers north of Baghdad, early Sunday, seizing local government buildings, police and witnesses said.
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