Word: intrasectarian
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While lingering violence in Mosul and Diyala province remains a challenge, the real battle - the one that will define what kind of Iraq emerges as the U.S. withdraws its troops in the next two years - has barely begun. The fundamental problems are many; they are intrasectarian, regional and local, Arab vs. Kurd. On the sixth anniversary of the invasion, Iraq seems to have moved away from all-out war into a more complicated set of realities - where both politics and violence are part of the equation, where the answers to the many what-ifs of its future hold both promise...
...Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council. They were firmly repudiated in favor of secular, nationalist groups. But will this resurgent nationalism carry through to the more important parliamentary elections slated for December? And if so, what will a reordered Iraqi political scene mean for future U.S. ties to Iraq? Will sharpened intrasectarian battles be fought at the ballot box or on the streets...
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