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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: michael97123 who wrote (96636)4/28/2003 12:52:03 PM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Sigh. Then you are just speculating. A "widely reported" nonsense is still nonsense. In your original post you talked about a shia conduit to Syria. But there too few Shias in the area between Baghdad and Syria. So such a conduit cannot exist. The so called Iranian "agents" have been neither Iranian nor agents. They are Saddam's opposition who found refuge and help in Iran. This opposition includes both factions of the Kurds (which US is very happy with), people like Khoi whom Ledeen praised, supporters of Sistani (whom again US supports and is actually an Iranian), people like Sadr (who is an Iraqi and can potentially be hostile to Iran), and Hakim who shares ideology with Iran. All of these people are jostling for power in Iraq because guess what, that is what they were after way before they moved to Iran. Did you expect not to do so when Saddam was gone? The so called "Iranian agent" label is what the administration uses for the opposition it does not like, while at the same time ignoring the Iranian based opposition that it does like. Try to be more objective in your thinking and let evidence lead to conclusion rather than finding evidence for your desired conclusions.

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