Iraq: Allawi, Hakim and the issue of oil portfolionote

Former Iraqi PM Ayad Allawi and leader of the Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq (SICI) Ammar Al-Hakim are said to have resumed contacts to conclude an electoral alliance against Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki. The following 345-word report sheds light on the subject and tells which portfolios Allawi wants to get in the new government. It also tells whether Allawi agreed with Al-Hakim on who to get the oil portfolio.