LIGNET: Why Washington Won't Help Maliki Fight al-Qaida

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s visit to Washington last week to plead for help battling al-Qaida was a sign of how far Iraq has fallen, with 40 mass-casualty attacks a month and shadow governments operating in several provinces. But it may be too late to save Maliki from the Sunni backlash or rescue Iraq from the grip of al-Qaida.

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