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Sectarian break-up of Iraq is now inevitable, admit officials
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, meets Tony Blair in London today as violence in Iraq reaches a new crescendo and senior Iraqi officials say the break up of the country is inevitable.
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"Iraq as a political project is finished," a senior government official was quoted as saying, adding: "The parties have moved to plan B." He said that the Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parties were now looking at ways to divide Iraq between them and to decide the future of Baghdad, where there is a mixed population. "There is serious talk of Baghdad being divided into [Shia] east and [Sunni] west," he said.
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"The government is all in the Green Zone like the previous one and they have left the streets to the terrorists," said Mahmoud Othman, a veteran Iraqi politician. He said the situation would be made worse by the war in Lebanon because it would intensify the struggle between Iran and the US being staged in Iraq. The Iraqi crisis would now receive much reduced international attention.
The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, meets Tony Blair in London today as violence in Iraq reaches a new crescendo and senior Iraqi officials say the break up of the country is inevitable.
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"Iraq as a political project is finished," a senior government official was quoted as saying, adding: "The parties have moved to plan B." He said that the Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parties were now looking at ways to divide Iraq between them and to decide the future of Baghdad, where there is a mixed population. "There is serious talk of Baghdad being divided into [Shia] east and [Sunni] west," he said.
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"The government is all in the Green Zone like the previous one and they have left the streets to the terrorists," said Mahmoud Othman, a veteran Iraqi politician. He said the situation would be made worse by the war in Lebanon because it would intensify the struggle between Iran and the US being staged in Iraq. The Iraqi crisis would now receive much reduced international attention.
First, please note that I have no idea how reputable the "Independant" is in England. I can barely distinguish between the Times and the Post these days, so keeping track of which limey papers are rags is a bit too much.
Now, who in their right mind would think that this plan of action would work? I guess since it worked so well for Germany, and is working great for Korea and was a full success in the formation of Isreal, that it would have the same great results in Iraq.
The article then goes on to talk about how since everyone is paying attention to the Lebanon situation, the American politicians will benefit. Since the publics attention is diverted to Lebanon, the powers that be will be able to clean their hands of whatever mess they have made and enact a quick fix, which is the equivalent of putting a band-aid over a severed limb.
/equip Tin foil hat
Could one reason Bush refuses to push for a cease-fire in Lebanon be that he wants that conflict to drag out in order to divert attention for Iraq and give his people enough time to clean up the mess?
