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Bush says partitioning of Iraq would lead
to more violence
17.10.2006 |
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WASHINGTON,
October 16,-- US President George W. Bush on Monday
said in a television interview that he opposed
dividing Iraq into a Kurdish (Kurdistan), a Shia and
a Sunni region, which he said would create even more
chaos.
‘Three autonomous regions will create not only a
situation where Sunnis and Sunni nations and Sunni
radicals will be competing against Shia radicals.
The Kurds will then create problems for Turkey and
Syria,’ he said in an interview with Fox News.
‘And you have got a bigger mess than we have at this
point in time, which I believe is going to be
solved.’
The Iraqi parliament on October 11 approved a law
which would allow the country’s 18 provinces to hold
referendums to merge into larger federal regions
with a measure of self-government. |
U.S. President George W. Bush
Photp: White House |
This is expected to confirm the de facto self-rule
already enjoyed by the Kurdish north and lead to a
new Shia homeland in the oil-rich south.
The measure is opposed by some in the minority Sunni
community, who fear that their group will be left
with territory in the barren west and center of the
country.
Iraqi lawmakers however agreed to freeze the merger
process for 18 months to give time to revise the
country’s constitution.
Bush also said that violence in Iraq could not be
summarized as an insurgency fueled by Iran.
‘I think the enemy is more complex than that,’ he
said. ‘We are concerned about some Iranian
involvement, particularly in the delivery of certain
kind of weapons.
‘But the violence that the American people see on
their screens is some sectarianism, some criminal
activity, and Al Qaeda. And we are dealing with all
three,’ he said.
‘If we see more Iranian involvement, we’ll adjust
our tactics to meet that threat,’ he said.
AFP
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