Sam Dagher, Christian Science Monitor. April 29, 2008. Tensions are rising between Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmen factions over the heart of northern Iraq's oil industry.
Caroline Tosh, Zaineb Ahmed, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. April 1, 2008. The US needs to persuade the political winners of recent years to cede some of their power, but that might be easier said than done.
Juan Cole, MIT Center for International Studies. March 6, 2008. There are three major conflicts in Iraq -- and the U.S. is virtually powerless to stop them.
Institute for War and Peace ReportingSeptember 10, 2007. Local tribes who reap massive profits from stolen oil are likely to obstruct the authorities' attempts to protect pipelines.
Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch. July 23, 2007. Another war in Iraq looms as Turkey's 140,000 troops amassed on the border with Kurdish Iraq threatens to set off a new wave of violence and destabilization in the Middle East.
Ben Lando, UPI. July 22, 2007. A historic vote in Iraq's northern territories could right past wrongs, but it might also spark a new front in the country's many-sided civil conflict.
Patrick Cockburn, The Telegraph (UK). March 28, 2007. Oil-rich Kirkuk is at a melting-point. With most Western eyes focused on the sectarian violence that’s torn Baghdad apart, this Borthern city is spiraling out of control.
