Roberto Abraham Scaruffi: Key Iraqi Leaders Deliver Setbacks to U.S.

Saturday, 14 June 2008

Key Iraqi Leaders Deliver Setbacks to U.S.

BAGHDAD, June 13 -- The Bush administration's Iraq policy suffered two major setbacks Friday when Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki publicly rejected key U.S. terms for an ongoing military presence and anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for a new militia offensive against U.S. forces.
(By Amit R. Paley and Karen DeYoung, The Washington Post)