Citizens shop at a market in central Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, Oct 3, 2009. Iraqi politicians are debating with new hostility over control of Kirkuk, a shabby northern city set near rich oil fields that both the self-ruling Kurds and the central government want. The deadlock threatens to delay Iraq's nationwide elections set for mid-January, and in turn could possibly disrupt American plans to withdraw troops shortly after.(AP Photo/Yahya Ahmed)