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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: X Y Zebra who wrote (26764)	9/12/2001 5:16:39 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

The Saudi's are members of the Watabi sect of Sunni, and their right to "protect" the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina has been challenged by Iran, which is Shi'ite. Shi'ites inhabit the south of Iraq, and are widely viewed as having ties to Iran. Therefore, the Saudi's wanted to keep the country united, and able to hold the Shi'ites down. Similarly, Turkey fears a rump Kurdish state, and therefore would not have tolerated the break up of the country. They preferred a weakened Saddam to the break up of Iraq........