Iraq’s cabinet sat on Tuesday. The 2027 budget was not voted. Again. It is now set for Saturday at the earliest, a month past its legal deadline. On the table: Erbil’s share, and an oil law written in 2007 that has never passed…One oil law. Weapons under the state. Iran’s reach cut back. The US has pressed for all three, and Baghdad is working on them at once. On paper, Erbil is holding up the budget. In our view, it waits on Washington’s terms. Reset Intelligence
