Trouble in paradise
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Clyde
5:11 AM
Heated exchanges mark consultations among Iraq's PM, U.S. officials
A key aide says Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's relations with U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus are so poor that the Iraqi leader may ask Washington to withdraw the well-regarded U.S. military leader from duty in Iraq.
The Iraqi foreign minister calls the relationship difficult.
Petraeus says his ties with al-Maliki are "very good" but acknowledges expressing "the full range of emotions" on "a couple of occasions."
U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, who meets together with al-Maliki and Petraeus at least weekly, concedes "sometimes there are sporty exchanges."
(Rut Roh)
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