Iraq: Maliki, Shiite leaders and the Saudi intervention in Bahrainnote

The Iraqi Shiite parties are said to be working to set up an alliance opposed to Saudi Arabia and its military intervention in Bahrain. The following 438-word report sheds more light on this alliance and tells what about Shiite threats to send tribesmen to the Iraqi-Saudi border. It also tells what about the reaction of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki.