Iraq: Maliki, Allawi and the Premiership – Update 11note

US Vice-President Joe Biden is said to have told Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and former Iraqi PM Ayad Allawi that Washington might declare a state of emergency in the country until a new PM is appointed. The following 421-word report tells how Iran intends to react to US state of emergency in Iraq and how the government issue is developing there. It also tells what initiative Syria is preparing to ease the issue.