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A partition would leave Iraq with a weak central government and largely independent states run by Kurds in the north, Shiites in the south and Sunnis in the center and west - giving impetus for still more violence and still further population upheaval.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6149377,00.html


From Information Clearing House

https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4258694.html


Informant: ranger116

https://mondoweiss.observer.com/2006/10/101-reasons-why-our-leaders-should-admit-that-invading-iraq-.html


Informant: Lew Rockwell

https://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/muratore2.html



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=655%2C000
https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=650%2C000

https://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5194/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

People are bewildered because of the weak response by the Americans," said one Balad resident who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals. "They used to patrol the city every day, but when the violence started, we didn't see any sign of them."

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101706E.shtml

by Gareth Porter, TomPaine.com

Arguments for staying in Iraq reflect a refusal to face some unpalatable realities.

https://ga3.org/ct/5d20pgF1zRh-/

Families fled in search of safety Monday as open warfare raged for a fourth day between Shiite militias and armed Sunni men in Tigris River towns north of Baghdad. The escalating violence in the Tigris River towns in many ways serves as a microcosm of the daily violence roiling Iraq. Sectarian attacks have increased more than 10-fold since the start of the year and now claim more than 100 victims a day, according to the Iraqi government.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/101706Z.shtml