Iraqi leaders maneuver to replace prime minister
June 20, 2014 04:17
Alarmed over the Sunni insurgent mayhem convulsing Iraq, the country's political leaders are actively jockeying to replace Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday.
The political leaders have been encouraged by what they see as newfound U.S. support for replacing al-Maliki with someone more acceptable to Iraq's Sunnis and Kurds, as well as to the Shiite majority, the officials said.