Division of Iraq's Ministries Finalised

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Division of Iraq's ministries finalised

Tuesday 22 March 2005, 18:39 Makka Time, 15:39 GMT  

The Kurds appear likely to gain control of oil and foreign affairs

 
An Iraqi Shia negotiator has said the war-torn country's political division according to its major groups has been finalised.

The Shias will take 16 to 17 ministries in the next government, the Kurds will hold seven to eight ministries, and the country's Sunni minority will be awarded four to six ministries, Shia negotiator Mariam Rais said.

Kurdish sources confirmed the numbers, while both sides predicted that an agreement on the government should be reached before Sunday.

The Shias will take the interior and finance ministries, along with the cabinet post of national security adviser, according to Rais, a negotiator with the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) that won 146 seats in the new 275-member parliament.

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Overnight, three rockets landed on the town of Iskandaria, south of Baghdad, killing one child, according to a local police official who asked not to be named for security reasons.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/78A45B60-7304-4B2D-97BE-F0FFA5535EB8.htm

[Teaser]

1. 4 ministries for the Sunna?

Man, they ain't gonna like that.