Sources: US Envoy Barrack Meets Iraq's Ex-Prime Minister Maliki

U.S. envoy Tom Barrack met former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Shiite alliance's candidate for premier, on Friday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Maliki has been nominated by a powerful Shiite bloc to return to the post, but the U.S. has warned it would reconsider support for Iraq if he is chosen again.