Spurned over budget, Kurds mull opposition
Kurdish politicians expect to decide whether to withdraw from Maliki government in the next few days.
KRG President Massoud Barzani addresses the opening of a conference on "recognizing the Kurdish genocide" in Arbil, about 350 kms north of Baghdad, on March 14, 2013. (ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images)
SULAIMANIYA - Kurdish political leaders may withdraw from Iraq's coalition government and become an opposition bloc, after parliamentary allies of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki secured the passage of the 2013 budget without the participation of Kurdish MPs.
The Kurds boycotted the Parliament vote, saying the allocation of funds for foreign oil companies working in Kurdistan was insufficient.
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