Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday dismissed Washington’s claim that Iraqi politicians had agreed a timetable to reach key compromises and lashed out at a US-supervised raid on a militia target in the Shia slum of Sadr City.
His statements were a challenge to US officials who say that progress depends on Iraqi politicians swiftly taking decisions on issues that have divided Sunni and Shia and fed sectarian tensions.



