My timeline for the above options: December 2005 the constitution will be ratified, mid 2007 the infrastructure of Iraq will be mostly rebuilt to include roads, oil pipelines, water and power utilities, and industrial complexes, late 2007 a phased pullout of US troops will begin that will last at least three years, and around the same time terrorist activity against Iraqi citizens will step up, and in 2010 a separatist movement will gain a large following but will be mostly unsecessful as Iraq's economy and military gain strength early in the next decade.
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