Iraq: Shahristani, Luaibi and conflict of power

26 July 2011

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Summary

Iraqi Leading Shiite cleric Ali Sistani is said to have intervened with Iraqi Deputy PM for Energy

Hussein Al-Shahristani to patch up his differences with Iraqi Oil Minister Abdul-Kareem Luaibi. The following 400-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about Sistani’s intervention and how Al-Shahristani reacted. It also tells what about the reaction of Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki.

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