The Iraqi Parliament's Oil and Gas Committee will meet Tuesday with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to determine the fate of the draft oil law, after a version of the long-awaited bill made a brief appearance in Iraq's Parliament Sunday before being kicked back to the Council of Ministers.

The Status of Forces Agreement between Washington and Baghdad is met with a variety of opinions. Some oppose the measure, some back it and still others are waiting to see what the future holds for the measure.

The Status of Forces Agreement between Washington and Baghdad was featured in many Iraqi newspapers Thursday. Many of the sticking points center on the role U.S. forces will play in the streets of Iraq and jurisdiction over private security contractors. Addustour newspaper said SOFA negotiations show Iraqi politicians are opposed to the agreement.

Iraqi newspapers discussed Wednesday the issue of the U.S. financial bailout and its impact on the situation in Iraq. Kitabat newspaper said the U.S. financial bailout has repercussions for the economy of regional oil-exporting countries.

The Iraqi Christian minority is the target of the latest wave of violence in the country. Thousands of Iraqi Christians fled their homes in Mosul and other northern cities.

Washington does not spend billions of dollars, devote thousands of lives or risk its reputation unless its "basket" is full of benefits in the Status of Forces Agreement, the Sunni al-Mashriq newspaper said Monday.

Iraqis continue to suffer under the U.S. occupation, with no end in sight. The evil U.S. projects in Iraq, occupation and sectarianism, are ignored in the mainstream media. The lies about the weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein's relationship with al-Qaida and the fallacy of creating a democratic state are coming to the surface, the London-based newspaper Azzaman said Friday.

In spite of claims of an improved security situation in Iraq, many analysts see it as temporary and unstable.

The wave of attacks against the Iraqi Christian population is a matter of concern not only to the public but many politicians as well, the Shiite al-Bayyna newspaper of the Iraqi Hezbollah said Wednesday.