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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry
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To: sea_biscuit who wrote (43718)8/18/2004 11:17:07 PM
From: Brumar89 of 81568
 
Yes, I know Iraq was a creation of the British post WWI. They wanted something to give to the Hashemite family as a kingdom so pieced together three provinces of the Ottoman empire as a new country. Would have made more sense to make each one a country - one could have been a homeland for Kurds, Assyrian Christians, Turkomans, another for Sunni Muslims, and another for Shiites.

However, most countries in the world have their origin in something similar. Iraq is not unique.
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