Iraq's Maliki: I won't quit as condition of US strikes against Isis militants
As senators say Iraqi PM's sectarian leadership must end, Maliki calls upon west to give urgent air and intelligence support
Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki speaks on television on Wednesday. The US Republican John McCain called for the use of American air power but urged Obama to 'make clear to Maliki that his time is up'. Photograph: AFP/Getty