Iraq: the Polemic of the Domestic and the Foreign

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has tried to establish relations with clan leaders in Mosul, Anbar, Nineveh and Kirkuk, in order to confront the Kurds who are demanding the annexation of “disputed territories” with a unified Arab stance, paying no heed to the Kurdish-Shiite alliance that has existed since before the invasion of Iraq and still stands today.