{"id":1852,"date":"2016-10-19T09:50:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T08:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qpol.qub.ac.uk\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2016-10-19T09:50:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T08:50:45","slug":"does-protecting-mosul-minorities-excuse-partition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/qpol\/does-protecting-mosul-minorities-excuse-partition\/","title":{"rendered":"Is protecting Mosul minorities an excuse for partition?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the military battle over ISIL-controlled Mosul and&nbsp; has begun, questions over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/markaz\/2016\/09\/19\/racing-to-the-finish-line-ignoring-the-cliff-the-challenges-after-mosul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the future<\/a> of this vital province of Iraq are flowing thick and fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While there is confidence that the new US-supported coalition can defeat ISIL (also known as ISIS), there are concerns that each faction holds contesting views about what comes after.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is becoming apparent, for example, that a number of elements have well-vested interests in partitioning the province into a series of six to eight ethnic or sectarian cantons with independent rights and autonomy from Haider al-Abadi&#8217;s government in Baghdad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/2016\/10\/protecting-mosul-minorities-excuse-partition-161017074315301.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/scuba_thib\/1558184889\/in\/photolist-3nG75H-6viQWv-6vo4SG-8rV1wq-6TdfJP-a9fSjk-8rV1cL-8rV137-8rV1yo-8rRUYB-8rV1nb-8rV1qj-8rRUVB-8rRUNn-8rRVgF-8rUZZm-8rRV92-3nG71T-6ThfQJ-6Thg79-6Th2dN-gmkVcP-gmmr2r-gmm7ab-gmmmEk-gmkGwN-gmkEGq-5S213d-oV2N4M-FcnAN-8rRUJZ-ErGE3-FcpHk-FcpH8-FcnAm-FcnAu-FcpHc-FMEdu2-FMEdxZ-9jpJJp-9jsZHj-FKmozG-FtpGxd-6viLiV-qqRsH-akxWzu-5UjzLF-8j5QMc-a7L5xG-8kevaQ\" 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