This is why the American plan of divisioning Iraq is so much BS. The tribes transcend western political borders, so you cannot break them up into non-secular districts and think there will not be major ramifications to the other countries in the region from doing so. The only solution is to let the regional powers assist in the clean up of Iraq, or the whole region could melt down into a war of global powers. Bush may finally be correct that WWIII could be around the corner, but not from Iranian desires to have nuclear power or weapons. It's going to come from the whole region boiling over into a multi-nation/sect war where the west is forced to pick sides.
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