IRAQ: Maliki struggles to form pre-election coalition
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- Maliki's record
- Personal office
- Undermined cabinet and parliament
- Bypassing military chain-of-command
- Regime security forces
- Turning on political allies
- Parliamentary reaction
- Weaknesses of nationalist bloc
- Breakdown of ethnic lines
- Friction with Shia allies
- Complexity of coalition-building
- Next steps
- Populist appeal
- Mending bridges
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