Iraq: the Interior Ministry’s capacity likely to decreasenote

The new differences between the Iraqi Shiite coalition and the Iraqi Kurds along with the possibility of seeing changes in the security and political alliances in Iraq are likely to affect the capacity of the Iraqi Interior Ministry in protecting the border and oil facilities. The following 355-word report focuses on the Interior Ministry’s capacity issue as well as on two other issues: the Iraq-Syria border issue in the light of talks between both sides to get it settled, and the Sadrist issue in the light of Iraqi PM Nuri Al-Maliki’s contacts to get it contained.