No, I mean this:
UN to launch report on Iraq's disputed territories to avert clashes
The United Nations will hand to Iraq on Wednesday a report on disputed territories, including Kirkuk, that it hopes will avert war between Kurds and the Arab-led government in Baghdad, western officials said.
...Ending tensions in the north is also seen as crucial to lasting peace in Iraq, where many fear that six years of bloodshed between once dominant Sunni and majority Shi'ite Muslims could be followed by war between Arabs and Kurds.
While foreign officials speak of an auspicious moment for compromise between Kirkuk's rival ethnicities, it will be hard to unravel a conflict rooted deep in Iraqi history.
"The dispute over Kirkuk is connected to oil, ethnicity, identity, land -- everything," said Rakan al-Jubouri, an Arab who is deputy governor of Kirkuk province.
a. "disputed territories" and not occupied.
b. there are other deeply-rooted ethnic conflicts.
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