Iraq: Maliki, Muwali and Free Iraqi Armynote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to have begun contacts with Baathist leader Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Muwali to confront plans to set up a Free Iraqi Army under the command of Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri, who is leading the Baathist resistance in Iraq since the collapse of Saddam’s regime in 2003. The following 506-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about Maliki-Muwali contacts.