Who is Nouri al-Maliki and why is the US opposing his comeback in Iraq?

The former prime minister’s nomination to return to the post has elicited warnings from Washington

Nouri al-Maliki, a two-term Iraqi prime minister viewed in Washington as being too close to Iran, has been nominated for a third term, prompting US warnings of diplomatic and economic repercussions and sparking accusations of foreign interference in the Arab nation’s sovereignty.

So, who is Nouri al-Maliki and why has his likely return to power got Washington’s attention?

An early member of Iraq’s Islamic Dawa Party, an opposition group under Saddam Hussein’s regime, al-Maliki spent 25 years in exile in Syria and Iran before returning to Iraq…

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