The issues that have divided Baghdad and the Kurdish region of Iraq will be awaiting the new government after March 7 national elections.
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The $72bn budget awards dollars to oil-producing provinces and sites of pilgrimage. A stern warning is issued to Kurdish authorities in the form of penalties for cutting off exports.
Kurd, Arab and US soldiers are patrolling areas around the disputed, oil-rich city of Kirkuk, to the alarm of locals.
Section in $71 billion budget legislation threatens Iraqi Kurdistan's share of revenue if oil exports remain shut in.
The net outcome of the licensing rounds is likely to be more of an asset than a liability for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Iraqi Arab-Kurd expert Joost Hiltermann of the International Crisis Group explains how the oil is as relevant now as it has ever been.
Kidnappings latest violence in tense area with billions of barrels of oil at stake and Arab vs. Kurd dispute over control of the territories.

