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Article: Hutchison backs dividing Iraq: Senator repeats support for separate regions for Kurds, Sunnis, Shiites.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
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Byline: Todd J. Gillman
Sep. 22--WASHINGTON -- Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison renewed her call Friday for carving Iraq into ethnic enclaves, saying that's the best way to separate factions and the quickest route to relieving the need for U.S. troops.
"It is so important that this end result be part of the debate," she told reporters, pushing her support for a nonbinding resolution authored by Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.
The resolution would put the Senate on record urging the Bush administration to prod Iraqis into creating at least three semi-autonomous regions, controlled by Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites.
The recent status report from Gen. ...