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reuters

Pro-Maliki Shi’ite militias step up Baghdad patrols after his speech

http://news.yahoo.com/pro-maliki-shiite-militias-step-baghdad-patrols-speech-223041711—finance.html

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Shi’ite militia forces loyal to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki stepped up patrols around Baghdad on Sunday night after he delivered a tough televised speech indicating he would not cave in to pressure to drop a bid for a third term.

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afp

Iraq PM Maliki says filing complaint against president
http://news.yahoo.com/iraq-pm-maliki-says-filing-complaint-against-president-213757604.html

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced Monday on state television he intended to file a complaint against President Fuad Masum for violating the constitution.

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Iraqi PM to file complaint against new president
http://news.yahoo.com/iraqi-pm-file-complaint-against-president-221856444.html

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Al-Maliki, whose bloc won the most seats in April elections, is accusing the new president Fouad Massoum of neglecting to name a prime minister from the country’s largest parliamentary faction by Sunday’s deadline. He says the president has violated the constitution “for the sake of political goals.”

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U.S. official says backs Iraq president after Maliki vows to stay on
http://news.yahoo.com/u-official-says-backs-iraq-president-maliki-vows-224722120.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official for Iraq said on Sunday he fully supported Iraqi President Fouad Masoum after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who the United States has blamed for stoking Iraq’s security crisis, accused Masoum of violating the constitution.

“Fully support President of Iraq Fouad Masoum as guarantor of the Constitution and a (prime minister) nominee who can build a national consensus,” Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Brett McGurk said on his Twitter feed.