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To: Elroy who wrote (242879)7/23/2005 8:13:24 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573092
 
re: The Kurds want a federal system to make sure they continue to govern themselves in the Kurdish heartland of the north, where they have enjoyed self-rule since 1991.

Some Shiites have also proposed a Shiite regional, autonomous region in the south.

But many Sunnis believe federalism is a first step to divide the nation. Most of Iraq's oil wealth is in the north and the mostly Shiite south.

That's one of the ironies. The Sunnis who are fighting the government have the most to benefit from a united Iraq where they would presumably share in the oil wealth.

In the end, to the Iraqi's, as it is to us, it's "all about the oil". Lot's of wealth riding on the outcome.

John



To: Elroy who wrote (242879)7/23/2005 3:01:41 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1573092
 
But many Sunnis believe federalism is a first step to divide the nation. Most of Iraq's oil wealth is in the north and the mostly Shiite south.

And that's why there will be civil war for sure. I don't understand the Kurds. They are not as passive as the Shiites. They have their own paramilitary fencing with Turkey. Why are they not putting down the Sunnis?


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