well - what was the earlier bit of disinfo about?

Voice of America below: SOunds like the MSM machine was given premature soundbites. No mention in either article about the ungodly Corporate profits Exxon-Mob. Shell BP and co stand to make. Puzzling, will keep waatching this.... Iraqi Parliament Delays Debate on New Oil Revenue Bill
By VOA News 04 July 2007

Iraqi parliament (file)

Iraq's parliament is likely to delay the start of its debate on a newly revised oil revenue-sharing law after both Kurds and Sunnis complained they have not reviewed it.

The Iraqi Cabinet approved the measure unanimously on Tuesday, and the government had said parliament would begin debate on the law Wednesday.

However, of Iraq's 37 Cabinet ministers, at least 12 from Sunni and Shi'ite groups currently boycotting participation in Iraq's government were absent for the vote.

Iraq's Kurdish regional government says it has not yet seen the measure. The Kurdish government issued a statement Wednesday saying that if the Cabinet approved a text the Kurds would disagree with, it would violate their constitutional rights.

Representatives of the Iraq Accordance Front, a Sunni group, also expressed misgivings about the new oil law, details of which have not been released.

The law is designed to distribute money fairly from the world's third largest oil reserves among Iraq's Kurds, Sunni Arabs and Shi'ite groups. The United States sees the long-stalled bill as a crucial step toward Iraqi national reconciliation.

Most of Iraq's oil reserves are in the Kurdish north and Shi'ite dominated south. There is little oil in Iraq's central region where Sunnis are in the majority and they fear the new distribution formula will treat them unfairly.

The new draft law is a revised version of one the Cabinet approved in February. But some factions rejected that version, forcing a re-negotiation that produced the revised version.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.