Special Report: How Iraq's Maliki defined limits of U.S. power

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WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - In November 2010, the United States faced a painful dilemma in Iraq. The man Washington had picked from near-obscurity four years earlier to be Iraq's prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, had narrowly lost an election but was, with help from Iran, maneuvering to stay in power.



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