Iraq: Shahristani, Hakim, Sadr and oil service contractsnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to be seeking a consensus with Shiite leaders to keep the Oil Ministry away from political conflicts until Oil Minister Hussein Al-Shahristani finishes awarding the oil service contracts. The following 374-word report sheds light on the subject and tells how leader of the Supreme Islamic Council in Iraq (SICI) Ammar Al-Hakim and radical Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr reacted.