Obama: US Will Help Iraq 'Push Back' Al-Qaida

President Barack Obama says the United States will work with Iraq to push back a resurgent al-Qaida. Mr. Obama held White House talks Friday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who is struggling to hold his country together with violence between Sunnis and Shiites threatening to turn into civil war. Pro-Sunni al-Qaida terrorists are aggravating the situation and Mr. Obama says al-Qaida threatens the entire region and the United States itself. Mr. Maliki said Iraq is committed to ...

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