Kurds vs. Arabs: Iraq's Next Civil War?
Andrew Lee Butters, Time | July 23, 2009
Arab-Kurdish relations in Iraq are at their lowest point since Saddam Hussein was in power. ++ The autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is steadily developing an independent oil industry in northern Iraq. ++ In Kurdish minds, the region's ability to refine the oil it pumps is a vital step towards deepening its autonomy from the Arab-majority remainder of Iraq. ++ It seems that Iraq's Arab-dominated government will not accept a Kurdish shift towards an independent state without resistance.
