BUSH TO IRAQ "DO NOT TEST MY WILL" ON THE OIL

Iraq Kurdish region says will try to block oil law

Source: Reuters
Iraq Kurdish region says will try to block oil law
By Ahmed Rasheed Reuters - 21 minutes agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdish region on Sunday said it would try to block a draft oil law in parliament, raising the stakes in a row with the central government over control of the world's third largest oil reserves.
The Kurdistan autonomous region appears to be on a collision course with Baghdad over the U.S.-backed draft law at a time when Iraq is engulfed by sectarian violence.
The threat to fight the bill in Iraq's national parliament comes just days after the Oil Ministry in Baghdad warned regions against signing contracts until the landmark law was passed.
"These annexes are unconstitutional and will not be supported by the Kurdish regional government in the federal parliament," Ashti Hawrami, minister of natural resources in Kurdistan, told Reuters in a statement in response to questions.

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