Teatering Ever Closer To The Brink Of Chaos

In Iraq, Tension Over Charter - New York Times:
"BAGHDAD, Sept. 10 — An agreement struck 11 months ago by Shiite and Kurdish leaders to win Sunni Arab support for a new constitution is fraying, causing concern among some political leaders that it could jeopardize Iraq’s fragile governing coalition."I'm not surprised the Sunni's don't like what the Shiites want to do (breaking up into "independent" states that control their own destiny. The Sunni territories in the center of Iraq don't have vast reserves of oil beneath them like the rest of the country.