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Is Iraq the Next "Failed State" in the Middle East?

This week's brief takeover of the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone may have been political theater, but it was part of a real-life drama that's deadly serious and may or may not have a happy ending for Sunnis, Shia, Kurds — or the United States.

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By Warren Olney • May 5, 2016 • 33m Listen

This week's brief takeover of the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone may have been political theater, but it was part of a real-life drama that's deadly serious and may or may not have a happy ending for Sunnis, Shia, Kurds — or the United States. American casualties will likely rise in the fight against ISIS -- and in support of a government too weak to hold the country together. We look at the struggle to prevent a bad situation from growing worse.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Paul von Zielbauer

    Producer, 'To the Point'

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    Katie Cooper

    Producer, 'One year Later'

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    Jenny Hamel

    KCRW

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    Tim Arango

    Los Angeles correspondent for the New York Times

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    Mowaffak al-Rubaie

    Iraqi statesman

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    Derek Harvey

    US Army (retired)

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