"Iraq oil assets 'up for sale'
By Andrew Walker
BBC economics correspondent in Dubai
Oil is Iraq's most valuable asset
Ali Allawi, the trade minister in the US-backed administration in Iraq, has said that foreign ownership of assets in the country's oil industry has not been ruled out.
In an interview with the BBC during the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Dubai, Mr Allawi said that he expects some form of foreign involvement in the sector, although there are other possibilities than ownership. "
How do you get from "foregn ownership of assets has not been ruled out" to "oil assets up for sale"?
By Andrew Walker
BBC economics correspondent in Dubai
Oil is Iraq's most valuable asset
Ali Allawi, the trade minister in the US-backed administration in Iraq, has said that foreign ownership of assets in the country's oil industry has not been ruled out.
In an interview with the BBC during the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Dubai, Mr Allawi said that he expects some form of foreign involvement in the sector, although there are other possibilities than ownership. "
How do you get from "foregn ownership of assets has not been ruled out" to "oil assets up for sale"?
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