Why Isn’t Anyone Giving Obama Credit for Ousting Maliki?
How the Obama Administration Removed Iraq’s Largest Political Obstacle Originally ... ... and his Administration realized that Nuri Kamal al-Maliki was part of the problem, not part of the solution.... ... Islamic State of Iraq and Syria/the Levant/al-Sham (ISIS or ISIL) and now just Islamic State (IS) might ... ... strengthen an Iraqi government that was in line with Iran in many ways and had resisted accommodating the ... ... senior Shiite cleric in Iraq, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. But even without America’s prodding,...
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