Feb 27 (Reuters) – U.S. envoy Tom Barrack met former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the Shi’ite alliance’s candidate for premier, on Friday, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Maliki has been nominated by a powerful Shi’ite bloc to return to the post, but the United States has warned it would reconsider support for Iraq if he is chosen again.
(Reporting by Muayed Hameed, Writing by Ahmed ElimamEditing by Gareth Jones)
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