[bamthedoc]

Iraq, I believe, will become a stabalizing force. That is, at least, once they have a government and stabalized themselves. The biggest threats in the Mid East have been hit, directly or indirectly, with the US involvement there. You'll be seeing more negotiations shown in the Syrian example.

I really don't think the Middle Eastern countries, even with the "Muslim ties", have a strong enough alliance to support each other in any actual conflict. You also have to take into consideration that Kuwait and Saudi Arabi are allied with the US, and Iraq has become, at least, an "oil" ally to us.

As per Germany: They are not a neutral country. They have a military alliance with the (alphabetically) Australia, Canada, Euro Union, and US. However, you could say the majority of their military is the Euro Union, anyway.