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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi prime minister held talks with a radical Shiite group he once tried to destroy in bloody street battles, both sides said Wednesday, showing his willingness to put aside animosities with some of his fiercest enemies to ensure a second term in office after a divisive election.
Nouri al-Maliki’s outreach to a powerful faction within the Iranian-backed Iraqi National Alliance could also lead to the recreation of the wide- ranging Shiite alliance that dominated Iraq’s politics for a lengthy stretch after the ouster of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Final results from the March 7 parliamentary election are expected on Friday.
