Iraqs Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was a fierce opponent of Saddam Hussien who returned after the dictator fell to become the number two in the body that purged Baath party members from the state apparatus. He also waged war on terrorist networks within the country, bacoming prime minister in two thousand and six. A member of the Islamist Shiite Dawa party since the 1960s, euronews met him in Baghdad to talk about his new domestic and international political strategies.
