For the Americans , the disintegration of order has complicated any effort to deal with the armed groups , said Joost Hiltermann , Middle East project director of the International Crisis Group , an organization of experts on dealing with conflicts that is formulating its own last-ditch plan to salvage peace in Iraq . ''
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