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    Ryan Grim‏Verified account @ryangrim 12 Sep 2014

    If Scotland can secede, why can't the Sunnis and Kurds? Why are we so invested in keeping together a country that isn't really a country?

    9:30 AM - 12 Sep 2014
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      2. William Johnson‏ @biljon5 12 Sep 2014
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        @ryangrim IMO Iraq is already broke. The only way to hold the nation together is a federation of three semi-autonomous regions.

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      3. William Johnson‏ @biljon5 12 Sep 2014
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        @ryangrim I've heard from Sunni leaders in Anbar that they will join fight against ISIS in return for limited autonomy & same from the Kurds

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      4. Ryan Grim‏Verified account @ryangrim 12 Sep 2014
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        @biljon5 would those sunnis wanna do interviews?

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      5. William Johnson‏ @biljon5 12 Sep 2014
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        @ryangrim Possibly, they're having discussions w/ DOS right now & want new government in Baghdad offer something in return. That's the rub.

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      6. William Johnson‏ @biljon5 12 Sep 2014
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        @ryangrim Ali Hatem, head of the Dulaim Tribe, would be the most likely to do interview. He's in Irbil dodging arrest warrant from Baghdad

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      7. William Johnson‏ @biljon5 12 Sep 2014
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        @ryangrim Hatem wants autonomy & removal of Iraqi army & Shia militias from Anbar & guarantees that US would attack ISIS & not other Sunnis

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      8. William Johnson‏ @biljon5 12 Sep 2014
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        @ryangrim My read is that he can deliver the other 25 major tribes in Anbar & that they want rid of the Daas - their name for ISIS

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      9. William Johnson‏ @biljon5 12 Sep 2014
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        @ryangrim There are delicate negotiation going on w/ DOS, Hatem, Kurdish leaders & the new Iraqi gov. Gotta be careful here.

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      1. Kurt Rex Cooper  💚‏ @KurtRexCooper 12 Sep 2014
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        Because the Turks do not want a separate Kurdistan. @ryangrim @PoliticaILine

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      1. Richard Allen Smith, well regulated militant‏Verified account @rockrichard 12 Sep 2014
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        @ryangrim 1) likely ethnic cleansing result 2) area that would likely be the Sunni state has virtually no nat resources.

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      1. Robert Wright‏ @RKWinvisibleman 12 Sep 2014
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        @ryangrim @PoliticaILine As a Scot, my question would be: why are so many so glib about letting UK break up? http://invisiblevisibleman.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-close-pass-misguided-campaign-and-why.html …

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