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Article: IRAQ - Federalism.

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APS Diplomat Redrawing the Islamic Map
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September 4, 2006
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Whereas Hakim wants federalism, called for in Iraq's new constitution which was approved on Oct. 15, 2005, by referendum, Sadr is against it and has backed those Sunni Arabs who have vowed to amend the charter in 2006. But Sadr has not taken credible steps to oppose federalism, and the Sunnis want him to act effectively on their side against Hakim's call - though Sadr cannot risk having another Badr-Jaysh al-Mahdi war.

The Kurds on Aug. 27 highlighted their new constitution for Kurdistan which, among things other than its being based on federalism, declares that the oil-rich region of Kirkuk as its capital and regards its territory as extending west to the Syrian ...

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