Kurds Seize Disputed Oil Hub Amid Iraq Chaos (assume control of "majority of the Kurdistan region")

AP ^ | June 14, 2014 | Diaa Hadid and Emad Matti

[Thud]

Sharing issues over oil, as I said. One Shia state with oil initially, and one without. I expect those will eventually merge but the delay will give the Sunni Arabs enough time to create a viable state of their own, almost certainly centered around the rural tribal leadership.

I had thought since 2003 that the Shia would eventually run the Sunnis into Syria, but the experience of the Maliki government shows the Shia simply lack the organizational ability to project the necessary force.

[Cronos]

But where would these two Shia states be? I don’t see any geographical separation or ideological

[Thud]

Check the location of the oilfields and pipelines in southern Iraq which are producing at the moment. Those plus the oil export port of Basra might not want to share the money with other Shiite areas.

[Tea Party Terrorist]

Wonder how the Turks will react to a Kurdish state (not well I presume).

[Grampa Dave]

“Wonder how the Turks will react to a Kurdish state (not well I presume).”

The Kurds will have a lot of oil to ship out via Turkey.

There should be enough $’s/Euros to keep the peace.