Iraq: Maliki, Obama, Anbar province and gas sectornote

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki is said to have talked to US President Barack Obama about US contacts with Sunni Arab leaders in the Anbar province. The following 340-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what these contacts were about. It also tells how Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahristani intends to react to these contacts. Note that Maliki met with Obama at the White House on July 22, 2009.