Earlier this week, White House spokesman Tony Snow said President Bush has reassured Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki there was no deadline for him to rein in the sectarian violence threatening to tear the nation apart.
So why was the Iraqi leader worried about what Snow called a "rumor"?
Alex Chadwick talks with three experts about the future of the troubled nation, and whether an ultimatum to the Iraqi government will lead to a decrease in tensions that threaten to tear the nation apart:
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