Iraq: Sadr, Maliki and the Premiership – Update 6note

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and the (Shiite) Sadr Movement are said to have held no official talks on the government issue in Iraq for more than a week. The following 409-word report sheds light on the subject and tells how radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr describes the relation with Al-Maliki. It also tells what about the contacts between Al-Maliki and former Iraqi PM Ayad Allawi.