Loud Protests as Obama Hosts Iraqi Leader 

More than 1,000 demonstrators marched in front of the White House Friday to protest President Barack Obama's meeting with Iraqi Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki.... Read On 

Visit by Iraq's prime minister stirs outpouring from ranks of former U.S. officials 

Former senator Robert G. Torricelli (D-N.J.), former representative Patrick J. Kennedy (D-Mass.), former Republican homeland security secretary Tom Ridge and former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) spoke to the crowd of rain-ponchoed Iranian dissidents repeating the unlikely chant "President Obama take action, ensure liberty protection."... Read On 

Mass rally of Iranians against Maliki's visit to White House 

Demonstrators shouted: Maliki is lying to America over Ashraf massacre, taking of seven hostages and and democracy in Iraq President Obama should ask Maliki to immediately release the hostages... Read On 

Video Links: Interviews with Ambassador Ginsberg and Mayor Giuliani on Maliki's visit to White House and Ashraf 

• Interview of Marc Ginsberg with MSNBC TV today about  Maliki and killing in Ashraf.
• Rudi Giuliani on Fox 30 October on popular Megyn Kelly show.

• Rudi Giuliani on fox 31 October on Greta van Susteren show
• Rudi Giulian on Fox & Friends show on Fox this morning on 1 Nov 2013 

Patrick Kennedy: Obama must oppose hostage taking, at home and abroad 

During the recent stand-off with Congressional Republicans over America's fiscal crisis, President Obama repeated many times that he would not give in to, nor negotiate with, "hostage-takers." 

That's why it's curious-indeed, quite disappointing-that Obama will play host at the White House today with an honest-to-goodness hostage-taker whose victims are real people whose lives are in serious jeopardy... Read On 

Use US soft power to free the Ashraf Seven 

In Iraq, the buck stops with the Prime Minister, Nouri Al-Maliki, more so than any other country. He is the Commander in Chief, the acting Minister of Defense, the acting Minister of Interior, the acting Minister of National Security and the Head of Intelligence.... Read On 

Iraq's Maliki in D.C.: Take Down the Welcome Sign 

Iraqi PM Maliki arrived yesterday in Washington hat in hand with a slick sleight of hand to play for unsuspecting Americans... Read On 

Confront al-Maliki with the massacre of Iranian dissidents 

On Nov. 1, al-Maliki will come dragging the sack to collect more of our taxpayers' money as he meets with the president. The U.S. must do a better job of holding the government of Iraq accountable; there should be real consequences for the lack of protection of these unarmed, innocent civilians... Read On 

Obama shouldn't meet with Maliki 

On Sept. 1 my brother was killed -- brutally murdered by masked gunmen under the command of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

I ask you, how would you feel if you lost a loved one and only two months later the person responsible for his death arrived as a guest at the White House?... Read On 

Action needed to save Iranian dissidents in Iraq

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Steve McCabe U.K. Memeber of Parliament; "Imagine if seven British citizens had been taken hostage in a foreign land and couldn't be located, that's exactly what has happened to seven members of an Iranian opposition group but there has been little news coverage of this affair"... Read On 

More links for media coverage of the Washington rally against Maliki 

• GINGRICH TELLS THEBLAZE HE'S RETHINKING HIS STANCE ON IRAQ WAR EFFORT
• Patrick Kennedy joins protest outside White House against Iraq aid

• Mass Rally of Iranians Against Maliki's Visit to White House with Participation of U.S. Dignitaries in a Bipartisan Move

Lord Clarke of Hampstead condemns Iranian president as a "butcher" 

Calling for a UN investigation into the attack, the Aachen-based Rights for Migrants group said interviews with the 42 survivors of the attack on Camp Ashraf, in central Diyala province, "unequivocally puts Iraqi forces at the scene."... Read On 

Maliki's no partner for peace 

Nouri al-Maliki, the prime minister of Iraq, took a page from Vladimir Putin's playbook and published an op-ed in The New York Times on Monday. Maliki sets out to appeal to Americans by focusing on the issue of terrorism and the struggle against al-Qaida, as well as the war in Syria... Read On