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Iraq likely to split three ways?


The conflict in Iraq consistently is mischaracterized as a "war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act ," when in fact it is a civil war, says Mark Herman, vice president of the global consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee
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The struggle is really about how much power the Sunnis can garner. "No matter what happens with the Iraqi Constitution, anything is going to be less than what the Sunnis had under the Saddam Hussein regime," Herman said. "We are standing there, trying to do something they don't want us to do: remove Sunni power." The upshot will be continuing violence against Americans and the escalation of a civil war among Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds. "The word terrorism there is misapplied," he adds. "It's always been pretty much unmanageable without a dictator. Now it's going to devolve devolve v. when property is automatically transferred from one party to another by operation of law, without any act required of either past or present owner. The most common example is passing of title to the natural heir of a person upon his death.  into three states."
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Title Annotation:Washington PULSE
Author:Kennedy, Harold
Publication:National Defense
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:7IRAQ
Date:Dec 1, 2005
Words:134
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