Iraq: Luaibi, tribes and foreign oil companiesnote

The Iraqi provincial councils in central and southern Iraq and the companies that are carrying projects there under oil service contracts are said to have differences over employing thousands of Iraqi workers in these projects. The following 392-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the consequences. It also tells what about the position of Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi and that of Basra provincial council.