Local oil politics stall parliament
Unresolved disagreements over the control of Iraq’s oil and the distribution of revenue have stopped the new parliament, before it can even start.
Iraq's second oldest MP, Fouad Maasum, chaired the first session of the new parliament in Baghdad on June 14, 2010. A month later, the Parliament missed its deadline for a second meeting. (ALI AL-SAADI/AFP/Getty Images)
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