Iraqi oil contracts hold key to peace?

Dr. Mahmoud Othman, a lawmaker with the Kurdistan block in the federal Parliament in Baghdad, has denied statements attributed to him by the press saying that the Kurdistan Regional Government's oil contracts are illegal, the KRG said in a press statement.

Dr. Othman has requested the Kurdistan Regional Government issue a statement on his behalf clarifying that he was misquoted in his comments on proposed Federal Oil Ministry contracts and existing KRG contracts.