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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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From: geode007/28/2005 4:25:57 PM
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Kurds and Shites: So long Sunnis! We have all the oil.

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"...The most divisive issue has been the question of how to define federalism as the structure for governing the country.

Iraq's majority Shi'ite Muslims have been pushing for a provision to create an autonomous Shi'ite federal region in the south, similar to the 14 year-long arrangement enjoyed by the Kurds in the north.

On Tuesday, Sunni Arabs, who lost power after the fall of Saddam Hussein and have formed the core of Iraq's deadly insurgency, said that while they could respect Kurdish autonomy, they would never agree to the creation of a Shi'ite federal region..."

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