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Article: Diversify Iraqi security forces; For a stable Iraq, Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds must share the security burden.(OPINION)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 7, 2006
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Byline: Roger Petersen and Paul Staniland
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. -- The recent renomination of Ibrahim al- Jaafari for prime minister of Iraq signals that negotiation over the shape of a new government has begun in earnest. The most important issue in this process for Iraq's future is control of the sword of the Iraqi state - its ministries of Defense and Interior. If Shiite political parties gain further control of Iraq's military and police, these crucial security forces will remain fractured along ethnic lines, successful state-building will be impossible, and continuing violence will be unavoidable. A Shiite bid for dominance, even in reaction to provocations such ...