Shafaq The  political analyst Wathiq Alhashimi said in an interview with Shafaq that "The conspiracy against Iraq…

regarding the issue of sectarian and ethnic and religious subject was very large, but the Iraqi people was able to go beyond it with minimal loss, in spite of the magnitude of the conspiracy that was designed to fragment the unity of Iraq," adding, "I think that the Iraqi people is coherent in spite of the differences between the political blocs, and the ethnic and sectarian conflicts, . The final outcome is that the Iraqi people gave the finest example of fraternal coexistence, which is considered as a model in the world.
He explained, "I disagree with the statement of His Holiness the Pope for many reasons, including that if  the situation in Iraq has passed in any  other country in the world no community would survive in it , and there would be a clear disunion."
The Pope Benedict XVI has recently stressed in a television interview with the Italian RAI net on the occasion of Good Friday that the Iraqi society "Is divided and jagged deeply, , and it no longer has got sufficient awareness of the fact that despite the pluralism in society, the people had a shared history between the components each of which maintains its position in society.