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To: FaultLine who wrote (122429)12/29/2003 1:08:49 AM
From: GST  Respond to of 281500
 
<If they were actually to succeed in establishing a secular state, he argued, the result would be a civil war, and "if the [Sunni] majority gets riled, it will act -- a matter that could lead to the complete annihilation of the [Shi`ite] minority.> The risk of civil and regional wars in the middle east have greatly increased with the US invasion of Iraq.