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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (9349)11/20/2009 7:51:34 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 15992
 
Not all Sunni were powerful or rich. Some are happier now than they were before.

Of course not.. But the tribal chieftains in the Anbar were basically paid off by Saddam as a means of neutralizing any opposition they had against his regime. It was said that Saddam could not truly control Fallujah, which was a haven for smugglers and black marketeers. But that said, there were many assassination attempts against him, and normally they involved other Sunnis.

And now we're seeing the promise of oil exploration in the Anbar province, which is probably another reason the place has calmed down. We certainly must have informed them that until the security situation was resolved, there would be no exploration.

But that's not to discount the historical hatred between Sunnis and Shia. However, they are both Arabs which unites them against the Persians, as well as the Kurds (which is a whole different issue altogether.. ;0)

Hawk
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