Iraq: Maliki, Sadr and plans to keep US troopsnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to have agreed in principle with Iraqi radical Shiite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr not to oppose plans to keep some US military units in Iraq following US pullout from the country later this year. The following 392-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about Al-Sadr’s acceptance not to oppose the plans in question and whether its acceptance was with or without conditions.