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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (749547)	9/18/2006 3:46:08 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Note the move toward partition.....as you have posted, this may not be a bad thing for the U.S. strategically down the road, but could it ever be pulled off? ____________________________ Bombs kill 30 in Iraq By Ibon Villelabeitia 1 hour, 9 minutes ago BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs killed 30 people in a police recruitment center in central Iraq and in a popular market in the north on Monday, as politicians wrangled over a federation bill some fear could unleash sectarian civil war. ADVERTISEMENT U.S. officials have warned of an increase in violence by al Qaeda and other Sunni Islamic militant groups fighting the U.S.-backed Shi'ite-led government ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, which starts in 10 days. In the worst bloodshed, a bomb killed 17 people in a market in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, local police said. Police in nearby Mosul said the blast was caused by a suicide attacker who blew himself up in the market. Earlier, a suicide car bomber killed 13 people in the Sunni insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, west of Baghdad. Ramadi Police Captain Ahmed Ali told Reuters the driver struck outside a recruitment center where a number of volunteers were gathering to join the police force. The city is the capital of Anbar province, the deadliest for U.S. troops. Sunni militant groups including al Qaeda frequently attack recruiting centers for the Iraqi army and police, key parts of Washington's plans to eventually withdraw its forces. The violence -- a day after a wave of car bombs killed 23 people in the volatile, ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk -- came as Shi'ite and Sunni leaders held last-minute talks to break a deadlock over a bill that defines the mechanism of federalism. Shi'ite lawmakers plan to introduce the bill in parliament on Tuesday despite opposition from minority Sunni Arabs, who want amendments to the constitution giving them more rights. Some Shi'ite leaders want to create a "super region" in the oil-rich south, modeled on that of ethnic Kurds in the north. Sunnis fear that would break up Iraq and cut them off from its oil wealth, which is mostly in the north and south.