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Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's remarks about the fight against the ISIS terrorist group have stirred controversy in the country and sparked a Sunni-Shiite debate. Abadi, who was in office from 2014 to 2018 at the peak of the fight against the group, described Iraq as being ruled by gangs. He explained that the political agreement that led to the formation of the current government, headed by Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, included a request against criminalizing belonging to ISIS.