Maliki, Bout and Petraeus – all translated into plain language

Three things this morning:1) Iraq cancels a 4.2 billion dollars Russian arms deal, alleging that there are allegations of possible corruption.2) US denies Russian request for the extradition of Viktor Bout.3) David Petraeus resigns are Director of CIA following the FBI’s discovery of his extra-marital affair.Now in translation:In the first case we have something totally unheard of: the cancellation of a major weapons deal only one month following its signature.