Kurdish-Arab Conflict Threatens Iraq

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Iraq faces its greatest threat from a conflict by Kurds and Arabs in the north.

A report for Defense Secretary Robert Gates has determined that Iraq's stability was being threatened from an Arab-Kurdish war in the oil-rich area of Kirkuk. The report by the Rand Corp. urged the United States to maintain its troops through 2010 to prevent such a conflict.

"The greatest danger arises from the tension between the Iraqi government and the quasi-independent Kurdish northern portion of the country," Rand said.

Source: Middle East Newsline.
Link: http://menewsline.com/article-1173,4777-Kurdish-Arab-Conflict-Threatens-I.aspx.