... However, considering potential challenges, they are cautious about the Shiite federal option.
One of the main obstacles facing the Kurds is the creation of a Shiite region that may
bolster
southern Iraq's power, perhaps creating a new political and economic ... ... and worrying that this new federal structure would deprive them of the resources required to properly run their territories.
Shiites Gain Upper Hand, Propose Federalism to Ensure Regional Autonomy
Lana Rawandi-Fadai:
Iran-U.S. Relations: From Escalation ...
... Gulf War of 1991, the latter of which led to a change in the domestic policy of President of Iraq Saddam Hussein and thus brought about new dynamics in the relations between the Iraqi government and the country’s ethnoreligious groups (mainly the Shiites and the Kurds). Iraq was under an embargo imposed by the United Nations at the time, which limited access to resource distribution for a part of the elite and, combined with the government’s practices that marginalized a part of the population, led many to ...
... felt the growing inferiority of their situation, which prompted many of them to join ISIS terrorist camps. The same situation motivated the Kurds to steer a course for independence. The overall terrorist threat during the expansion of ISIS rallied the Shiites and the Kurds to fight the pseudo-caliphate together. Yet, after ISIS was defeated, the Kurds held a referendum on independence. As a result, the country, which had not yet recovered from the terrible damage done by terrorists, once again found itself on the ...
