Riots in Baghdad as Shiite Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announces ‘final withdrawal’ from politics

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Iraq was created by the victors of WW1. It was not intelligently conceived, and has a history of discontent erupting in civil strife. Most likely it will break up now into - I guess - at least three separately governed pieces.

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But … but… don’t you know that “Diversity is Strength!” ?

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