An
aide
to
Iraqi
Prime
Minister
Nuri
al-Maliki
told
Reuters
of
a
letter
the
premier
had
sent,
seeking
Obama's
intervention,
as
Kurdistan
said
on
Tuesday
it
would
sign
more
deals
with
majors
to
raise
its
output
five-fold.
Turkey
also
signalled
it
was
prepared
to
import
oil
directly
from
Kurdistan,
potentially
defying
Baghdad,
which
has
a
long-running
dispute
with
Kurdistan
over
oil
export
controls.
ExxonMobil
angered
Baghdad
last
year
by
signing
an
exploration
deal
with
the
Kurdistan
Regional
Government
(KRG)
in
the
north,
which
the
central
government
deemed
illegal.
"Prime
Minister
Nuri
al-Maliki
explained
to…
