2-15-11 Msdermtalaa reveals deal with the Kurds, al-Maliki to pass a federal budget for the current year

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1. A senior source revealed that Saleh visited Baghdad to discuss the outstanding issues with Maliki
2. He said that Maliki agreed with Saleh on the number of points that were preventing the Kurdistan Alliance from voting on the budget
3. Maliki granted the Kurdistan region $200 million budget for the Peshmerga forces in addition to the Kurdistan share of the budget, which represents 17%
4. The source added that he agreed to non-interference in the affairs of the Peshmerga forces, and reduced the share of Kurdistan exported oil from 150k bpd to 100k bpd