For 10 points, name this state where Nouri al-Maliki attempts to enforce order from Baghdad.
Bulgarian political superstar Nickolay Mladenov has been tasked with resuscitating the floundering UN Assistance Mission to this country. A politician from here once fled Jordan after the collapse of his oft-embezzling Petra Bank, and in 2010 banned five-hundred electoral candidates after discovering nobody had officially abolished his old position. Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is probably funding the Sufi Naqshabandi Army in this country, which saw violence at Hawija during extended protests following a police raid on the home of Finance Minister rafi al-Issawi in 2012. Its government is led by the Islamic Dawa Party and recently lost control of parts of its western province after ISIS took over Ramadi and Fallujah. For 10 points, name this state where Nouri al-Maliki attempts to enforce order from Baghdad.
Bulgarian political superstar Nickolay Mladenov has been tasked with resuscitating the floundering UN Assistance Mission to this country.
Republic of Iraq