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To: Amy J who wrote (188814)	5/19/2004 12:25:05 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577375

They are probably making more of them in that sexual prison. RE: "Mr. Sadr" I wonder if he will be worse than Saddam? He's younger, so this could last a long time. Why is the USA letting this leader kill clerics? Why haven't they platooned the # of troops higher than just 30k? First of all, Sadr is a Shia cleric......Saddam was a secular Sunni. Sadr's father was a famous, well loved Shia cleric who, I think, was killed by Saddam.........the Shia section of Bagdad is called Sadr City.......that's why the younger Sadr has such a big following. Secondly, Sadr is jockeying for position within the Shia clerics. I think Sistani who is the head cleric is a little afraid of him so he's pulling his punches. Understand what's happening over there. Generally, the Shiites are a minority within the Muslim religion. However, there are two countries that have a Shia majority......Iran and Iraq. All the rest of the ME countries have a Sunni majority.......actually, that's true of the big countries....I can't remember with the small principalities like Bahrain or Kuwait. What the Shiites of Iran want to have happen is to have a Shia theocracy like Iran's set up in Iraq. However, that's what the Kurds and Iraqis Sunnis fear.........hence the concern for a civil war breaking out. I think the Iraqi Shia clerics are somewhat split on this issue because they fear a civil war if they push for it. However, Sadr does not agree and want's very much for there to be a theocracy. That's why he wants the US out. We won't let them put in a theocracy while we are in control. The Shiites split from the Sunnis about a hundred years after Muhammad died. They tend to be more conservative and more inclined to follow the Koran to the letter. Not surprising, for us, its a tricky situation over there right now. One false move and things could get much worse.......very quickly. Sistani is trying to get the fighting out of the holy cities because if anything bad happens to the sacred/holy monuments in those cities the population might rise up......plus the economies of those two cities are hurting because pilgrims can't get to them. Sadr knows that and that's why he's not budging. We are caught between a rock and a hard place much like in Fallujah. ted