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To: epicure who wrote (105632)	7/15/2003 5:37:43 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Winning Shiite support is key to U.S. efforts to block the influence of Iran - and there are signs this may be possible. Senior Shiite clerics have insisted they want to share power with Iraq's Sunnis and Kurds. Iraqi Shiites are Arab, not Persian like their Iranian counterparts, and have a strong sense of Iraqi nationalism. During the Iran-Iraq war from 1980-88, they did not rise up against Saddam. Many Shiites oppose the idea of an Islamic state run by clerics, including Iraq's top cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Hussein al-Sistani. aberdeennews.com

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