Wapo reports Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) is urging the Iraq Parliament to oust Prime Minister al-Maliki, cabinet if unable to forge political compromise, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman says.
Declaring the government of Iraq "non-functional," the influential chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said yesterday that Iraq's parliament should oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his cabinet if they are unable to forge a political compromise with rival factions in a matter of days.
"I hope the parliament will vote the Maliki government out of office and will have the wisdom to replace it with a less sectarian and more unifying prime minister and government," Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) said after a three-day trip to Iraq and Jordan. More HERE