What Next for Iraq?

Source: www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iraq.html

"The Iraqi state that was formed in the aftermath of the First World War has come to an end. Its successor state is struggling to be born in an environment of crises and chaos. The collapse of the entire order in the Middle East now threatens as the Iraq imbroglio unleashes forces in the area that have been gathering in virulence over the past decades."

Ali A Allawi (Minister of Finance, Transitional National Government of Iraq, 2005-2006), 'For the first time, a real blueprint for peace in Iraq', The Independent, 05 January 2007. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2125419.ece