Iraq: Maliki, US incentives and threatsnote

The Americans are said to be offering incentives and threats to make Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki accept to keep a part of the US military forces in Iraq after US pullout from this country later this year. The following 340-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what the Americans are offering as incentives and what they are offering as threats. It also tells what about the reaction of Al-Maliki.