The Road To Iraqi Partition
Christians, Mandeans, Yazidis, Jews, Zoroastrians, and Shabaks were just some of the groups that simply did not fit into the Kurdish-Sunni-Shia construct proposed for post-invasion Iraq. Other sizeable groups whose exclusion from the new order meant mass death and forced flight included Palestinian refugees, who had long enjoyed better protection in Iraq than they did in most other Arab states. Shias, Sunnis, and Kurds (most of whom are Sunni) have also suffered massive casualties since 2003, and the lack of protection offered to minorities is a reflection of attacks on all Iraqis’ rights. But through almost a decade of war, the systematic nature of the persecution suffered by religious and ethnic minorities has stood out. READ ON
Interesting that the article is more concerned about Maliki/U.S. relationship than it is about the Maliki/Tehran relationship.
ReplyDeleteIMO the plan was/is to cut the Kurds from Iraq.
Kirkuk will make a nice capital for the Western multinational oil Corps.
Something they can not accomplish in Baghdad.
Lets not forget that one of the main reasons for the invasion was for the West to get their share of the oil.
Something that did not work out so well for them.
Federalism will never ever work in any Muslim country.
Just as Communism, or our form of Corporate democracy will never work in a Muslim country.
History will show that the illegal invasion of Iraq had grave consequences. Consequences that will last for decades, and will probably change the whole structure of the region.