has the potential to further
damage the country’s already
fragile
efforts to
create a unified central
government.
The Iraqi Constitution
leaves the door open
for regions to take the lead
in developing new oil
resources.
Article 108 states that
“oil and gas are the
ownership of all the peoples
of Iraq in all the
regions and governorates,”
while Article 109 tasks
the federal government
with “the management of oil
and gas extracted from current
fields.” This
language
has led to contention over
what constitutes a
“new” or an “existing”
resource
, a
question that
has profound ramifications
for the ultimate control
of future
oil revenue.
—a found poem from
The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward - A New Approach (Vintage)

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