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HARDtalk: Hussain al-Shahristani, Iraqi Oil Minister

18/06/2008

Hussain al-Shahristani, Iraqi Oil Minister

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Stephen Sackur asks Iraq's Oil Minister if he is prepared to play hardball with the US.

Hussain al-Shahristani is Iraq's Oil Minister. Stephen Sackur asks if his government is prepared to play hardball with the Bush administration.

Relations between Washington and Baghdad have reached a critical point. The Iraqi government has to decide whether it is ready to sign a security agreement which could allow US military forces to remain indefinitely. Then there is the issue of oil. Will Iraq allow big international oil companies to take a major slice of its key asset? Hussain al-Shahristani is Iraq's Oil Minister. Stephen Sackur asks if his government is prepared to play hardball with the Bush administration.

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