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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (118902)	11/9/2003 10:50:11 AM
From: boris_a	Read Replies (1) of 281500

> where 10% of the population support the resistance, and 90% hate it? If those 90% are deaf, dumb and blind, yes, then it might be possible. However, my sources (Iraqis expats) say that the overwhelming part of the population would never collaborate. They hate Saddam and Baath party. And they hate the occupiers as well. They don't say that the population is an active supporter, but resistance is silently tolerated. Kind of "United We Stand". If an Iraqi counterpart to the Algerian "Front de libération nationale (FLN)" of the 50ies comes up, then the situation could turn nasty for years. >not the other 80% of the country that's quiet. Here you have a point. To a certain degree, we have to precise. For example, we've repeatedly seen attacks in Mossul and attacks near Kirkuk. Yesterday, Red Cross decided to shut down operations in Basrah. I believe they have first hand information about how "quite" the situation in Basrah is or may be in the future.

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