 Fierce fighting Wednesday between coalition forces and insurgents shut down the Iraqi city of Baqouba, which has been roiled by violence in recent days, killing scores of militants and civilians. Dozens of bullet-riddled bodies were found around Baghdad. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Jordan for meetings with President Bush aimed at halting the escalating violence, but the session was put off until Thursday. To protest the planned meeting between Bush and al-Maliki, lawmakers and Cabinet ministers loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr suspended participation in parliament and the government to protest the meeting. The political bloc is a mainstay of support for al-Maliki. It was not immediately clear whether the cancellation was linked to the boycott and White House counselor Dan Bartlett denied it was a snub by al-Maliki or related to the leak of a White House memo questioning the Iraqi leader's capacity for controlling violence in Iraq...
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