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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (94243)	4/17/2003 3:39:30 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 281500

All this comes down to Karma...the future is an extension of the past. Creating a "fresh" start is very hard. As far as the case of Khoi and Sistani goes, Khoi was pushing for blanket amnesty, and walked in with Saddam's minister of religion to a cleric meeting. This was such a bad move, that qualifies him for a Darwin award. Those who have suffered under Saddam will want their retributions. Only after some sense of justice has been restored can you expect to call for general amnesty. Kut, and others like him want to grab local positions for themselves. They may actually be an ok interim solution, if they can be convinced to at least remain neutral. The other groups, SCIRI and Dawa, are where Karma really comes into effect. I've heard some of their leaders talk. In short they said that they were fighting for their goal when Saddam was a US' friend and they were fighting when he was not. They see no reason to change their ways. (I think Hakim's quote was "we did not start our movement with orders from Washington and we will not stop it with such either". These guys are really fearless, but that is what you'd have to be to pick up arms against Saddam. Since they started out when US was a supporter of Saddam, you can see how little moral leg we have with them. Keeping them on the right path will be a test of diplomatic skills. ST