the plan to create a southern climate; The leverage of armed groups against the Baghdad government?
At the same time as the differences between the Iraqi government and the armed groups increased due to the arms monopoly and the limitation of economic influence outside the official institutions, the plan to establish the southern region was again proposed; A plan that appears to be aimed at a fairer distribution of wealth and power, but some analysts see it as a tool to put pressure on the government and maintain the armed groups' share of the power structure.