Is it possible that the end of Iraq as we know it is upon us? Will the country be divided into three parts? It is well known that the Kurds have wanted their own country for some time and even ran Iraqi Kurdistan as a state independent from Saddam Hussein since the first Gulf War. Now, the second Gulf War is threatening to divide the country further, with calls for provinces in the south to be independent of the central government.
According to Al Jazeera, a deputy governor of Basra is about to announce the separation of some Iraqi southern governorates from the central government in Baghdad. The breakaway province would include would include Basra, Misan and Dhi Qar governorates. These governorates include the cities of Basra, Al Amarah and An Nasiriyah. It is unclear how much support this proposal will have among the Shiites of southern Iraq, but many seem to be upset with the continuing violence in the holy city of Najaf and Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's explicit approval of it.
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Well, the US has bombed almost all it can. We have bombed Falluja so we can't go back there. Chalk that one up to a loss. It is now controlled by anti-American forces. We are now doing the same with Najaf. The problem with Najaf is that, if we screw it up, we lose half of Iraq. We are well on our way to doing that.
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