Iraqi leaders issue joint pleas for end to violence
Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish leaders called on Sunday for an end to Iraq’s sectarian conflict and vowed to track down those responsible for the war’s deadliest attack.
But as they went on national television to try to keep Iraq from sliding into an all-out civil war, fighting between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Arab insurgents raged for a second day in Baqouba, the capital of Diyala province north of Baghdad.