Iraq's Prime Minister Almost Out Of A Job...

Associated Press HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA December 10, 2006 08:14 PM

Major partners inIraq's governing coalition are in behind-the-scenes talks to oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki amid discontent over his failure to quell raging violence, according to lawmakers involved.
The talks are aimed at forming a new parliamentary bloc that would seek to replace the current government and that would likely exclude supporters of the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who is a vehement opponent of the U.S. military presence.

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