Iraq: Maliki, Sadr and draft oil and gas lawnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to have agreed to appoint Deputy Chairman of the Iraqi Parliament Qusay Al-Suhail (of the Sadrist bloc) to head a six-member committee to get the draft oil and gas law passed by the Parliament as soon as possible. The following 460-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the Sadrist reaction. It also tells what about the position of the Iraqiya List of former Iraqi PM Ayad Allawi.