Iraq's Ethnic Groups Are Now Demanding Autonomy/Independence As Sectarianism Tensions Increase

Sectarianism Haunts Iraq As Sunnis Call For More Independence -- Washington Post

TIKRIT, Iraq — Nine years after the fall of its most famous son, Saddam Hussein, the city of Tikrit is a decrepit, angry place, and its mostly Sunni population, feeling alienated from the Shiite-led central government, is calling for more independence.

Sectarian tensions are also being exacerbated, here and across Iraq, by the chaos in Syria. Support for the mainly Sunni uprising there is growing among some Sunnis, while the Baghdad government has carefully refrained from calling for President Bashar al-Assad, from the Shiite-offshoot Alawite sect, to step down.

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My Comment: The Sunni community in Iraq is laying the groundwork to demand the same terms and conditions for autonomy that the Kurdish community have in the north. My prediction .... the Shiite dominated government in Baghdad is going to say no.