Iraq: Maliki, Hakim and conflict over the Oil Ministrynote

A conflict over the Iraqi Oil Ministry is said to have already begun between Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki and newly elected leader of the (Shiite) Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq (SICI) Ammar Al-Hakim in the light of the elections slated in January. The following 390-word report sheds light on this conflict and tells who is the candidate f each side for the Oil Ministry.