Baghdad will head off Basra autonomy bid
Basra province is the last remaining strategic asset under central state control
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- Security risks
- Tribal fighting
- Criminality and corruption
- Sectarianism
- Rise of the militias
- Intra-Shia fighting
- Anti-foreign activism
- Regional separatism
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_350.jpg "Rumaila oilfield in Basra, Baghdad (Reuters/Stringer)")