Obama Confronted al-Maliki On "Secret Alliance" With Sadr - White House Source -- Asharq Alawsat
Washington, Asharq Al-Awsat – A White House source informed Asharq Al-Awsat that the meeting between US President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Washington on Monday was “not as diplomatic” as the joint-statements issued to the press by the two world leaders would indicate.
The White House source, speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity, said that the two leaders argued over several issues, including guarantees that Americans in Iraq would be protected after the withdrawal of US troops at the end of the year, as well as remarks made by al-Maliki about his intentions to “strike against his enemies” in Iraq. US officials have expressed concern that Iraq’s Sunni community may be vulnerable following the forthcoming withdrawal of US troops.
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My Comment: I am sure President Obama's intelligence briefings are telling him on what I have also been reading .... Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is pursuing a deeply divisive domestic policy that will escalate sectarian divisions in Iraq and the possibility of civil war. Is al-Maliki listening to president Obama .... I doubt it.