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Iraq’s uprising is unmasking all the sectarian leaders attempting to ride the revolutionary wave.
Protestors are clear: they do not want reforms, they want a revolution.
In today’s Iraq, there are plenty of Saddams and plenty of Ba’athist-like parties that enjoy an agreed balance of power.
It remains to be seen whether this so called ‘new Iraq’ is as
post-sectarian as some academics and journalists claim.
So
long as the ethno-sectarian quota exists, a political class that
serves foreign interests will continue to determine Iraq’s
political and economic destiny.
How
far would Russia risk its international relations to protect the
regime of Bashar Al Assad?
The
ramifications from
Iraq’s elections do
not mean we will witness a better Iraq, but
it will certainly differ from the one we know of today.
