Bush meets Maliki for last-ditch attempt to rescue Iraq from chaos of cival war.

(From Belfast Telegraph)

Byline: Rupert Cornwell

George Bush and Nouri al-Maliki put back their summit in Amman until today

amid political turmoil in Baghdad and a leaked US memo that casts

embarrassing doubt on the ability of Iraq's Prime Minister to get a grip on

the crisis.

The political stage for the meeting, hosted by Jordan's King Abdullah

because Baghdad itself was deemed too dangerous, was set yesterday in the

bluntest of terms by the memo from the US National Security Adviser, Stephen

Hadley. It portrays Mr Maliki as either ignorant or mendacious, either

unable or unwilling …