| Author (Corporate) | International Crisis Group |
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| Publisher | International Crisis Group |
| Publication Date | 10/07/2014 |
| Content Type | Report |
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The jihadist blitz through northwestern Iraq in 2014 has ended the fragile peace that was established after the 2007-2008 US surge. It has cast grave doubt on the basic capacity of the Iraqi army — reconstituted, trained and equipped at great expense by Washington — to control the country, and it could bring down the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, whose eight-year reign has been marred by mismanagement and sectarian polarisation. But for Iraqi Kurds, the offensive by the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) and other groups has offered a dramatic opportunity: a chance to expand their own influence beyond Iraqi Kurdistan and take possession of other parts of northern Iraq they’ve long claimed as theirs. Kurdish fighters defending territory against Isis predicted that Iraq would soon cease to be a nation and become three provinces again |
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| Source Link | https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/iraq/kurdish-independence-harder-it-looks |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, Middle East |
