| Ashti Horami, minister for natural resources in the autonomous administration in the northern Kurdish region warned that his government would not support a new draft oil law that is seen as key to national reconciliation. Mahmud Othman, a Kurd and lawmaker in IraqÂ’s bitterly divided parliament said the Kurdish political bloc would vote against the law if any changes were made. The draft, seen by Washington as one of the key factors for ending the sectarian bloodshed in Iraq, lays down control of the countryÂ’s oil wealth and how it would be distributed across the communities. |