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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (182597)	2/28/2006 11:25:59 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

Which is why I thought it reasonable that Kuwait be part of Iraq: <you're giving 80% of the country's oil reserves to a completely Shi'a led government the S. East part of Iraq, and forcing the Kurds to share their 10-15% with the Sunnis of the Anbar province... That's a "recipe for success"?? No, buddy... Iraq might have been an artifically created nation/state carved out of the Ottoman Empire, but there is a FIERCE Iraqi nationalism that exists and needs to be cultivated in competition to the tribal and religious jingoists who seek to "divide and conquer"..> Mqurice

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (182597)	2/28/2006 12:01:17 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

>>>PT.. you're giving 80% of the country's oil reserves to a completely Shi'a led government the S. East part of Iraq, and forcing the Kurds to share their 10-15% with the Sunnis of the Anbar province...<<< You have to read what I wrote again, maybe study it a bit more closely. Three issues, according to my plan can be solved: a) an independent board of five southern and five northern representatives, together with five pan-Arab representatives become an oversight board to distribute the oil evenly between the two new countries; b) the riverways become international waterways, again adminstered by a board of some kind; and, c) Access to the Persian Gulf ports (albeit a tiny sliver) is provided to the northern nation. Hey, I'm not an expert--but at least I've come up with a building block.