Iraq: Maliki, Kerry, new government and military needsnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki received US Secretary of State John Kerry on 23/6/14 in Baghdad for talks about the situation in Iraq in the light of the fall of major areas in northern and western Iraq in the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or Daesh. The following 474-word report sheds light on the meeting and tells what about the outcome, notably on what concerns the setting up of a new government in Iraq and the Iraqi military needs. [Partly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 21/26 – June 27, 2014)]