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Brownback Calls for Iraq Division

by The Associated Press

Kansas Senator Sam Brownback says Iraq should be divided into three sectarian-based states to halt the war.

The Republican presidential candidate says Iraq would remain one country, with a weak central government in Baghdad. Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites would have their own states and equally share the nation's oil revenue.

Brownback says his plan would reduce sectarian violence and allow Iraqis to take over security, pulling U-S troops out of harm's way. Brownback says he is working to build name recognition in his long-shot bid for the 2008 Republican nomination.