Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 09/2008

PolicyWatch #1335: Kirkuk's Article 140: Expired or Not?

Nazar Janabi

January 2008

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

Away from the headlines, Sunnis and Shiites are testing the waters of reconciliation in the Iraqi parliament with an agreement that may come at the expense of country's Kurdish population. The Kurdish political reaction to such an agreement could potentially exacerbate anti-Kurdish sentiment among many Arab parliamentarians, costing the Kurds some of the hard-earned political ground they have gained thus far.