(23 Jun 2014) US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Baghdad on Monday to meet Iraq's leaders and personally urge the Shiite-led government to give more power to political opponents before a Sunni insurgency seizes more control across the country and sweeps away hopes for lasting peace.
The meeting scheduled between Kerry and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was not expected to be friendly, given that officials in Washington have floated suggestions that the Iraqi premier should resign as a necessary first step toward quelling the uprising.
Nor is the meeting likely to bring any immediate, tangible results, as al-Maliki has shown no sign of leaving and Iraqi officials have long listened to - but ultimately ignored - US advice to avoid appearing controlled by the decade-old spectre of an American occupation in Baghdad.
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