Iraq: Allawi, Hakim and government affairsnote

Former Iraqi PM Ayad Allawi is said to be proposing a series of incentives to leader of the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq (SICI) Ammar Al-Hakim to encourage him to join a new government headed by him. The following 428-word report sheds light on the subject and tells how Al-Hakim is reacting. It also tells what about the subject of the oil portfolio.