Analysis: Iraqi Kurds maneuver in political minefield

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurds, at odds with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki over oil and power, have thrown down another challenge to the Shi'ite-led central government by giving refuge to Iraq's Sunni Muslim vice-president, despite a Baghdad warrant for his arrest. The Kurds, whose kingmaking role in Iraqi electoral politics has been eroded by Maliki's assertion of his own authority, will ...