In Iraq, key oil bill goes nowhere

The nation’s Sunni vice president spoke out Sunday against a proposed oil law, clouding the future of a key benchmark for continued U.S. support for the government.

“We disagree with the production-sharing agreement,” Tariq al-Hashemi said in Jordan, where he was attending an international conference. “We want foreign oil companies, and we have to lure them into Iraq to learn from their expertise and acquire their technology, but we shouldn’t give them big privileges.”

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