Joe Biden, US vice president, meets prime minister Nouri Al Maliki near Baghdad on July 3, 2009. Mr Biden’s first visit to Iraq as vice president took place days after US forces pulled out of Iraqi cities.
US president George W Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al Maliki exchange official documents on December 14, 2008 in Baghdad. Mr Bush had arrived in Iraq on an unannounced farewell visit, weeks before leaving office.
Nouri Al Maliki, Iraqi prime minister designate, meets US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice at the US ambassador’s house in Baghdad on April 25, 2006.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki gives a salute on May 21, 2006, a day after the Iraqi new government was formed. Following the first meeting of his new Cabinet, put together after months of political wrangling, he announced plans for renewed security and national reconciliation.
Nouri Al Maliki, centre, and Zalmay Khalilzad, right, then US ambassador to Iraq, arrive at the new Baghdad South power plant on June 2, 2006.
US president George W Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al Maliki in Baghdad on June 13, 2006. Mr Bush told Mr Al Maliki that Iraq’s future was ‘in your hands’ but he promised US help.
Tony Blair greets Nouri Al Maliki at 10 Downing Street, the London residence of the British prime minister, on July 24, 2006. Mr Maliki was to hold talks with Mr Blair before flying to the US to meet president George W Bush.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki and US Gen George Casey sign an accord in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 7, 2006. The coalition commander signed over operational control of the Iraqi armed forces, air force and navy to the Iraqi government.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki in his office in the fortified Green Zone on October 25, 2006 in Baghdad.
US president George W Bush and prime minister Nouri Al Maliki at a joint press conference on November 30, 2006, in Amman, Jordan.
British prime minister Tony Blair and prime minister Nouri Al Maliki in Baghdad’s Green Zone in December 17, 2006.
US Democratic senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry, prime minister Nouri Al Maliki and US delegate Christopher Wood in the Green Zone, Baghdad, on December 17, 2006.
US senator Hillary Clinton speaks with prime minister Nouri Al Maliki on January 13, 2007, in Baghdad.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki shakes hands with US vice president Dick Cheney as a translator looks on during a meeting in Baghdad on May 9, 2007.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki shakes hands with a cleric while on a visit to the holy Shiite city of Karbala, Iraq, on on August 30, 2007. Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr had ordered his Mahdi Army militia to suspend its activities for six months after clashes in Karbala in which at least 52 people were killed.
Prime minister Al Maliki meets UK prime minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street on January 3, 2008.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki receives Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre, at Baghdad airport on July 10, 2008.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with prime minister Nouri Al Maliki upon arrival at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 22, 2008.
Pope Benedict XVI meets prime minister Nouri Al Maliki on July 25, 2008, at the pontiff’s summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II meets prime minister Nouri Al Maliki in Baghdad. It was the first visit to Iraq by an Arab head of state since the 2003 US-led invasion.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy and prime minister Nouri Al Maliki in Baghdad on February 10, 2009.
Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al Maliki and US president Barack Obama in Baghdad on April 7, 2009.
Joe Biden, US vice president, meets prime minister Nouri Al Maliki near Baghdad on July 3, 2009. Mr Biden’s first visit to Iraq as vice president took place days after US forces pulled out of Iraqi cities.
US president George W Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al Maliki exchange official documents on December 14, 2008 in Baghdad. Mr Bush had arrived in Iraq on an unannounced farewell visit, weeks before leaving office.
Nouri Al Maliki, Iraqi prime minister designate, meets US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice at the US ambassador’s house in Baghdad on April 25, 2006.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki gives a salute on May 21, 2006, a day after the Iraqi new government was formed. Following the first meeting of his new Cabinet, put together after months of political wrangling, he announced plans for renewed security and national reconciliation.
Nouri Al Maliki, centre, and Zalmay Khalilzad, right, then US ambassador to Iraq, arrive at the new Baghdad South power plant on June 2, 2006.
US president George W Bush and Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al Maliki in Baghdad on June 13, 2006. Mr Bush told Mr Al Maliki that Iraq’s future was ‘in your hands’ but he promised US help.
Tony Blair greets Nouri Al Maliki at 10 Downing Street, the London residence of the British prime minister, on July 24, 2006. Mr Maliki was to hold talks with Mr Blair before flying to the US to meet president George W Bush.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki and US Gen George Casey sign an accord in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 7, 2006. The coalition commander signed over operational control of the Iraqi armed forces, air force and navy to the Iraqi government.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki in his office in the fortified Green Zone on October 25, 2006 in Baghdad.
US president George W Bush and prime minister Nouri Al Maliki at a joint press conference on November 30, 2006, in Amman, Jordan.
British prime minister Tony Blair and prime minister Nouri Al Maliki in Baghdad’s Green Zone in December 17, 2006.
US Democratic senator and former presidential candidate John Kerry, prime minister Nouri Al Maliki and US delegate Christopher Wood in the Green Zone, Baghdad, on December 17, 2006.
US senator Hillary Clinton speaks with prime minister Nouri Al Maliki on January 13, 2007, in Baghdad.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki shakes hands with US vice president Dick Cheney as a translator looks on during a meeting in Baghdad on May 9, 2007.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki shakes hands with a cleric while on a visit to the holy Shiite city of Karbala, Iraq, on on August 30, 2007. Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr had ordered his Mahdi Army militia to suspend its activities for six months after clashes in Karbala in which at least 52 people were killed.
Prime minister Al Maliki meets UK prime minister Gordon Brown at 10 Downing Street on January 3, 2008.
Prime minister Nouri Al Maliki receives Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, centre, at Baghdad airport on July 10, 2008.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel shakes hands with prime minister Nouri Al Maliki upon arrival at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 22, 2008.
Pope Benedict XVI meets prime minister Nouri Al Maliki on July 25, 2008, at the pontiff’s summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II meets prime minister Nouri Al Maliki in Baghdad. It was the first visit to Iraq by an Arab head of state since the 2003 US-led invasion.
French president Nicolas Sarkozy and prime minister Nouri Al Maliki in Baghdad on February 10, 2009.
Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al Maliki and US president Barack Obama in Baghdad on April 7, 2009.
Joe Biden, US vice president, meets prime minister Nouri Al Maliki near Baghdad on July 3, 2009. Mr Biden’s first visit to Iraq as vice president took place days after US forces pulled out of Iraqi cities.