Ottaway and Kaysi - The State of Iraq

2012 papers about iraq following the indictment of Tariq al-Hashemi

Largely a summary of the country in 2012, talks about how the withdraw of american troops and the split of the iraqi shia parties between the Dawa, Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI)

Notes that the 2008 war between nouri al-maliki and Muqtada al-Sadr led to al-sadr fleeing to Iran, but then al-Sadr became a partner to maliki in the 2010 elections

2010 elections split the iraqi shia political parties, which then had nouri al-maliki abuse the stalement - Chapter 7: The Shia “resistance”

Also talks about the “post withdrawl crsis”, which ties into the Erbil Agreement

Provincial Rights in Iraq/Federalism in Iraq

Federalism had largely receded after the Kurds got what they wanted from the constitution, but article 140 and future disputes over oil and gas made it untenable

Additional decentralization flared in 2012, Speaker Nujeifi in mid-June 2012 hinted that Sunnis in Iraq might ask for separation

Salahuddin Province unlaterally declared itself a region and not a province in October 2012