Just wanted to quickly draw attention to a very interesting report on Iraq's lack of political progress by Rend Rahim Francke, just released by USIP. Unlike a lot of similar reports which primarily focus on the national deadlock and leave it that, Rahim does a service here by shining the spotlight on a key factor which I've been emphasizing for some time: the internal fragmentation and escalating power struggles within the Shia and Sunni communities. Well worth a look.
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