Pandora's Box In Northern Iraq Just as the dissolution of Tito's Yugoslavia led to ethnic conflict in the Balkans, the end of the Saddam Hussein regime will lead to chaos in the Middle East. Preemptive war will not lead to democracy flowering in the middle east any more than copulation will lead to virginity. Northern Iraq is an oil-rich ethnic powderkeg...Or am I paranoid to think anyone would be so craven as to kill for oil? Northern Iraq News Article Link