No second term, Maliki says
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said in a published report that he wished he could leave office before his four-year term was up and would not run again.
“I didn’t want to take this position,” Maliki told the Wall Street Journal. “I only agreed because I thought it would serve the national interest, and I will not accept it again.”
Maliki became prime minister in May, and his time in office has been defined by a surge in sectarian violence and a lack of progress.
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