Iraq: Maliki, Sunni tribes and Akkas gas fieldnote

Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki is said to be going ahead with plans to prevent the Sunni armed groups in western Iraq from seizing control of natural gas fields there. The following 434-word report sheds light on the subject and tells about the plans in question. It also tells what about the position of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and that of the US embassy in Baghdad.[Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/03 – Jan. 18, 2013)]