PM calls for meeting Sat. to ponder Khanaqin crisis

BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday called for convening a meeting tomorrow to discuss the Khanaqin crisis, according to the semi-official al-Iraqiya TV station. Differences erupted between the Baghdad central government and the government of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region after Iraqi forces carrying out Operation Bashaer al-Kheir in Diala entered Khanaqin to track down gunmen. The... [read full story]