Al-Maliki Pushes To Save Crumbling Iraqi Government

CBS:

Iraq's prime minister appeared to clear the way Monday, with a last-minute push from the U.S. ambassador, for a crisis council that seeks to save his crumbling government.

The U.S. military, meanwhile, announced a third major operation since additional U.S. troops arrived and said it would target al Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-allied Shiite militia fighters nationwide. The military gave few other details.

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