Departing Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during an interview in Baghdad on Jan. 12. Reuters BAGHDAD—Iraq’s outgoing prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, appears to have dropped his quixotic struggle to remain in power over the past week and is resigned instead to remaining a member of parliament insulated from prosecution. Fears that Mr. Maliki might play the spoiler in the new government have largely receded since his initial reaction to the appointment of Haider al-Abadi to replace him. The night before Mr. Abadi’s appointment , Mr. Maliki called out his security forces in Baghdad in what looked like preparations for a coup. Now Mr. Maliki meets with Mr. Abadi daily and advises him about the formation of a new cabinet, said Hussein Al-Marabi, a parliamentarian from the Shiite Islamist Fadhila Party. However other leaders of Shiite parties said Mr. Maliki doesn’t take part in the negotiations on forming a […]