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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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From: geode008/14/2005 7:28:40 PM
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"Iraqi Sunnis Battle To Defend Shiites
Tribes Defy an Attempt by Zarqawi To Drive Residents From Western City...

Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders and armed followers of Zarqawi have clashed before in the far west, and Sunnis and Shiites in western cities have sympathized with one another over what they have said are attempts by foreign fighters to spark open sectarian conflict. But Saturday's clash in Ramadi was one of the first times Sunni Arabs have been known to take up arms against insurgents specifically in defense of Shiites."

washingtonpost.com

That's a spot of good news in Iraq. Are those militiamen? Hmmm. Seems like they don't like furriners with guns running around their country, any furriners.
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