Kurds speak out against key oil law
Kurdish leaders spoke out Wednesday against a key oil law, raising further doubts over efforts to pass one of the political benchmarks sought by the United States at a time when the Bush administration is trying to fend off critics of its Iraq policy. The political wrangling in Baghdad is having an impact in Washington, where a growing number of Senate supporters of the president’s strategy are now pressing for a change — pointing to the failure of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s government to make political progress. Full Story