Event Details

This document appears to be a page from a geopolitical report regarding the political instability in Iraq around late 2012. It details the sectarian conflict between Prime Minister Maliki (Shiite) and Sunni leaders Rafie al-Issawi and Tariq al-Hashimi, as well as the military tensions with Kurdish forces. The text highlights a constitutional crisis exacerbated by President Talabani's stroke, leaving the country effectively without a president during a time of mass protests. The document bears a House Oversight stamp.