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[: iStockAnalyst.com News Feed] Kerr, a Middle East history professor at the University of Central Oklahoma who is now based in Iraq, says the rivalry could divide Iraq's ruling coalition by pitting Shiite against Shiite and tribe against cleric. Most troublesome perhaps, he says, it could split Iraq's army, which is loyal to al-Maliki, against local police largely controlled by ISCI.
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[Wcl2351's Weblog] journal 6: They blame the rivalry between the Sunnis and Shiites to remain in Iraq, but like the author of this article I think their Is more then them trying to stop the clash between those two groups. To be honest I don’t ever read much about what is going on in the world but all along I thought the whole reason they were still over their was to try to make it a democracy just like the United States and to remove all the terrorism and corruption in that country.
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[Just Foreign Policy News] Just Foreign Policy News, April 7, 2008: A strong statement from General David Petraeus about Iran’s intervention in Iraq could set the stage for a US attack on Iranian military facilities, according to a Whitehall assessment. In closely watched testimony in Washington next week, Gen Petraeus will state that the Iranian threat has risen as Tehran has supplied and directed attacks by militia fighters against the Iraqi state and its US allies.
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