The International Crisis Group have just released a very good report on the situation in Iraq's embattled northern Ninawa governorate. Anyone interested in knowing more about the conflict should definitely check it out:
"[Ninawa provides fertile ground for the Sunni insurgency which is]...fuelled by the governorate’s strong Arabist, military and (Sunni) religious tradition and propelled by growing anti-Kurdish and anti-Shiite resentment. Groups taking up arms against U.S. troops and Kurdish fighters exploited the long, often unguarded Syrian border and a history of cross-border trade, while finding ready recruits among former officers, Baathists and an increasingly destitute youth to impose their rule over predominantly Sunni Arab areas. From 2003 to 2008, Ninewa appeared caught between Kurdish dominance and Sunni insurgents."
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