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To: tejek who wrote (206104)	10/12/2004 1:24:46 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 1575003

there are tons of articles discussing the affinity between the Iraqi Shia and the Shia of Iran. So what? Your original point was not that the Iraqi Shias have positive feelings toward Iranian Shias. Your point was that the Iraqi Shias want to join Iran, and they do not. I have never heard a quote from Sistani, al Sadr or any leading Shia saying something along the lines of "we want to break up Iraq, and we want to and become part of Iran". Intuitively, I doubt they would want to give up their newfound opportunity of freedom to subvert themselves to the oppressive government in Iran - it's totally illogical. The Kurds clearly have a desire to secede and form their own country, and at the least they want to maintain as much autonomy as possible. But with the Arabs (Sunni and Shia) you are forgetting that in general most of these people hate each other almost as much as they hate the West. You think the Sunnis in Iraq would like to secede and become part of Saudi Arabia?? No way!! The Shias in Iraq may favor separation if it were geographically feasible, but they have absolutely zero interest in putting themselves under the heel of any of their neighbors, including Iraq. Elroy