Quote Originally Posted by Tom_Hagen
Newsflash: Sky is blue. What has either of these 'secrets' got to do with partitioning Iraq into three states?
Repartitioning Iraq into the old Ottoman Vilayets of Mosul, Baghdad and Basra and creating independent states from these, would probably be the same as effectively handing them over to their interested neighbours yes. But what other solution is there that doesn't involve countless more deaths and increased militancy for decades to come?