The Original Plan

Some would venture to guess that this is exactly the final result sought by Washington and cheered on by AIPAC. A divided Iraq is a harmless/powerless entity for years to come...

Shia Embrace Partitioning of Iraq

They have a new constitution, a new government and a new military. But faced with incessant sectarian bloodshed, Iraqis for the first time have begun openly discussing whether the only way to stop the violence is to remake the country they have just built.



Leaders of Iraq's powerful Shiite Muslim political bloc have begun aggressively promoting a radical plan to partition the country as a way of separating the warring sects. Some Iraqis are even talking about dividing the capital, with the Tigris River as a kind of Berlin Wall.