Iraq leaders vow to form govt, condemn violence

BAGHDAD, Feb 26 (Reuters) Iraqi political leaders have agreed to push ahead with US-sponsored efforts to form a government and condemned sectarian violence in a bid to ease the gravest crisis in postwar Iraq.

Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, flanked by Kurdish and Arab Sunni leaders, called on Iraqis to unite and fight terrorism in a news conference carried live to the nation on state television.

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