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Maliki, a shiite, promised to open up his government to both ethnic groups. since the u.s. left in 2011, he's worked instead to strengthen shiite control of the ministry, making him pop lar in iran where it's also the minority. isis is exploiting that anger to fuel its rebellion. so it's sunnis versus shiites. more or less with some politics thrown in. here's a wild card, as well, with kurds in the north. they are mainly sunni but rule an autonomous region, kurdistan, which is iraq's most stable area right now. many kurds have wanted their own nation for years. if there's a winner so far in al...

There are a lot of reasons but here's a big one. sunnis are a minority in iraq and they are fed up. mainly because prime minister nuri al maliki, a shiite, promised to open up his government to both ethnic groups. since the u.s. left in 2011 he's worked instead to strengthen shiite control of ministries and the military. that made him popular in iran where shiites are also a majority. not so much in parts of iraq. isis is exploiting that anger to fuel its rebellion. so, it's sunnis versus shiites. or more or less with some politics thrown in. and here's a wild card as well -- the kurds in the ...