Maliki under U.S. fire before Bush talks
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Jordan for crisis talks with President Bush on Wednesday with some in the White House questioning his ability to rescue Iraq from bloody turmoil.
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BAGHDAD -- Major partners in Iraq's governing coalition are in behind-the-scenes talks to oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki amid discontent over his failure to quell raging violence, according to lawmakers involved.
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The President's next White House guest, a staunch Shi'ite partisan and critic of the U.S., probably won't be any more accomodating than  Maliki&#8212;but may be able to give some insight into what Iran is thinking
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki walked a fine line Sunday: confronting his American backers over what he sees as violations of Iraq's sovereignty while stressing that his relations are rock solid with the country on whose support he still relies.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday he would raise the issue of U.S. military behavior with American officials in hopes of curbing incidents of abuse &quot;that we see every day&quot; in Iraq.
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Rivalries and violence between Shiite factions are threatening to overshadow progress U.S. forces have made against al-Qaida in Iraq and other extremists just weeks before the top American commander and diplomat in Iraq report to Congress.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Jordan for crisis talks with President Bush on Wednesday under a cloud of White House criticism of his ability to rescue Iraq from bloody turmoil.
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IRAQ&#39;S interim Prime Minister yesterday delivered another blow to President Bush just a week before the US election when he blamed American-led forces for
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President Bush retains confidence in Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki despite the failure of the Shiite politician's signature effort to improve security in Iraq's bloody capital, the White House said as Bush prepared to host the new leader.
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U.S. President George W. Bush will hold talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week focusing on improving Iraq's fragile security, the White House said on Tuesday.
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Whatever the reason for the delay of the start of the Bush-Maliki summit, the signs are that the President and Iraq's prime minister are on a collision course
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President Bush met Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan on Thursday to seek ways to stem sectarian carnage threatening to split Iraq.
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President Bush meets today with a top Iraqi Shiite leader in what could be a key week in the reshaping of U.S. policy toward the conflict in Iraq -- with hearings beginning Tuesday on the confirmation of Defense Secretary nominee Robert M. Gates, a bipartisan panel scheduled to release its...
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The United States was set on Thursday   to hand over formal command of Iraqi troops to Prime Minister   Nuri al-Maliki's government, a significant step toward the   withdrawal of some 150,000 U.S.-led foreign troops.
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Under fire over Iraq, the President gets help from the Iraqi leader he appointed
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki flew to Jordan for crisis talks with President Bush on Wednesday, prompting a radical Shi'ite faction to suspend participation in his government in anger.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of Iraq condemned a US raid yesterday in Sadr City, Baghdad's Shi'ite slum district , in which American troops searching for Iranian-linked militants sparked a firefight that left 26 Iraqis dead.