McClatchy Washington Bureau | 06/28/2008 | Crisis grows in Iraq over U.S. raid that killed Maliki relative

I'd watch it if i were Maliki.  This sounds like a warning shot over his bow.  We're pushing him hard to get that "status of forces" agreement into law that will allow us to stay in Iraq forever.  If it doesn't get passed, Maliki's leadership roll is about as useless as, well, as useless as it actually is since he's nothing more than a thug put in office by our government to give us what we want out of Iraq. (just exactly like Saddam was when he was our thug and we propped up his government in 72 and again in  79)  His Baathist party privatized Iraq's oil fields in 1972 and were immediately put on the U.S. terrorists state list.  Now he's dead for his efforts.  Watch it Maliki!

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Senior Iraqi government officials said Saturday that a U.S. Special Forces counterterrorism unit conducted the raid that reportedly killed a relative of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, touching off a high-stakes diplomatic crisis between the United States and Iraq.U.S. military officials in Baghdad had no comment for the second day in a row, an unusual position for a command that typically releases information on combat operations within 24 hours.

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 06/28/2008 | Crisis grows in Iraq over U.S. raid that killed Maliki relative