Iraq’s prime minister targets US senators over removal call

IRAQ’S beleaguered prime minister yesterday lashed out at US Democrats who have called for his removal, saying senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Carl Levin need to “come to their senses”.

Nouri al-Maliki, who is fighting to hold his government together, issued a series of stinging ripostes against a variety of foreign officials who have recently spoken negatively about his leadership.

But those directed at Ms Clinton, of New York, and Mr Levin, of Michigan, were the most strident.