Iraq: Maliki, Shiite clerics and US pulloutnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki met early this week with senior Iraqi Shiite clerics and discussed with them his planned visit to Washington on December 12, 2011 and the repercussions of the US military pullout on the situation in western Iraq. The following 517-word report sheds light on the meeting and tells what about Al-Maliki’s visit to Washington and the Sunni Arab activities in western Iraq.