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Free Iraq: The insidious American implanting of sectarianism - through corruption

Free Iraq: The insidious American implanting of sectarianism - through corruption: "From an email by a close friend: 'Note, in pages 14 and 15 [of the above U.S. Embassy report] how Corruption cases are divided into Shia/Sunni/Kurd. Since when do belief and ethnic background make a difference when it comes to stealing? Perhaps this demonstrates how the State Dept is preparing for partitioning Iraq?'"

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