Same dispute but another provinces and another “players”. Reported by Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Islamic Party [led by Hashimi] representative Omar Abdul Al-Satar accused the United Iraqi Alliance with starting borders disputes between Anbar prov. and Karbala prov. on Al-Nukhayb area [which is in the middle of the desert contains 3102 houses and one police checkpoint to control the borders between the two provinces] saying:

There are attempts by UIA to declare “Al-Nukhayb” as “disputed-area”, and introduce it in article 140 [disputed-territories, with Kirkuk]. Why they are doing this? Is there something hidden in this issue.

Al-Ghad newspaper revealed that an American report about the existence of 200 million barrel of oil in Nukhayb fueled the whole tension between Karbala and Anbar.

There are some signs indicate that the Kurds working on the same line to divide the country under the title “federation”.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/06/mil-080624-mcn01.htm