Why is it I saw this coming over 9 years ago?
While the Mideast is upset over a film defaming the prophet Mohammad, Iraq continues to split into autonomous regions based in ethnic divides. In some ways I have to wonder if all the sectarian differences within Iraq is set aside to be angry with the USA. Just a thought. There are demonstrations in Basra and Baghdad. Those are different regions of sectarian autonomy, but, they can hold the view of a wayward film and stand in protest for the same reason.
In the autonomous Kurdistan region, however, there have been deadly clashes with Turks causing the deaths of 75 Kurds. Of course, Kurdistan extends into Turkey. This was a border clash.
By Suadad al-Salhy
BAGHDAD | Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:47pm IST
(Reuters) - Iraq's central government and the country's autonomous Kurdistan agreed to end an oil payment dispute after Kurdistan pledged to continue exports and Baghdad said it would pay foreign companies working there, a senior Iraqi official said on Thursday.
The decision resolves part of a broader feud between Baghdad and Kurdistan about control over oil and territory that has involved major companies including Exxon Mobil , Chevron and Total .
Deputy Prime Minister Rosh Nuri al-Shawish, a Kurd who is part of the central government negotiating team, said Kurdistan would keep pumping its share of national oil exports, and Baghdad would pay foreign companies in the Kurdish region....
