RT @olivercraner: Once again, #Iraq is being fractured by Shia rivalry that exploded into open conflict after 2003.
In his 2016 novel 'The Rope', Kanan Makiya accused the Shia elite of choosing sectarian identity over Iraqi pluralism, a decision that led to this endgame:
https://olivercraner.com/2022/08/24/kanan-makiya-and-the-death-of-pluralism/