Iraqi Law Paves Way For Splitting Up Country

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=WMAGPZOKLTG03QFIQMGCFGGAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2006/10/13/wirq13.xml

In Victory for Shiite Leader, Iraqi Parliament Approves Creating Autonomous Regions

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/world/middleeast/12iraq.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin