UAE summons Iraq ambassador over Saudi "terrorism" charge

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(Adds Bahraini rebuke) DUBAI, March 12 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates summoned Iraq's ambassador on Wednesday to protest against his prime minister's accusations that its ally Saudi Arabia was funding terrorism, state news agency WAM reported, while Bahrain called the comments "irresponsible". Saudi Arabia has already rejected Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's assertion on Saturday that it and Qatar were funding Sunni Muslim insurgents fighting in Iraq's western Anbar province. Maliki has long had chilly ties with Sunni-led Gulf Arab states, which in turn view him as too close to Shi'ite Muslim Iran. UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said that Maliki's statements were "completely untrue and **t based on any accurate assessment of the situation in the region with regards to terrorism," WAM reported.

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