Its publication comes as Maliki is in Jordan today for a summit with President Bush that is drawing controversy in Iraq. Politicians linked to the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have announced they’re boycotting the Iraqi Parliament because of the meeting. Falih Hassan, a member of Parliament who previously supported Maliki’s government, said: “Bush is a criminal who killed a lot of Iraqis and we do not want him to interfere in Iraq’s affairs. The Iraqi government should negotiate with the U.N. Security Council, not with the leader of the country that is occupying Iraq.”