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| | Guardian | Unifying force - or just a peace treaty? |
 | | Opinion is divided in Iraq and beyond on whether its new constitution, to be voted on tomorrow, will help to hold the country together - or accelerate its disintegration into three separate, mutually antagonistic Shia, Sunni and Kurdish statelets. |
 | | Otherwise, agreed or proposed federal regions, such as Kurdistan, will control their own military forces and territory, enforce their own laws (which override federal law), raise taxes and distribute water, and enjoy sole authority over new oilfields. |
 | | That suggests a limited future role for Iraq's still notional national army, and that the offices of federal president and prime minister could be rendered largely symbolic. |
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