Iraqi Premier Nouri Maliki on
Wednesday rejected calls for a national unity government to stem
an offensive by jihadist-led Sunni rebels as NATO met in
Brussels to consider ways of helping Baghdad stop an alarming
advance on the capital.
The US, whose Secretary of State John Kerry is fresh back
from an Iraq tour, had led calls to Iraq's factions to overcome
sectarian and ethnic divisions.
Government forces have been unable to recapture territory
seized by the rebels this month including the second city Mosul.
Meanwhile almost half 300 US military advisers earmarked
help Iraqi security forces have arrived.
They will start work later on Wednesday.
The US has not ruled out drone strikes.
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