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To: sylvester80 who wrote (171259)	9/26/2005 1:03:11 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Iraq was secular under Saddam. What part of it was? Do you think these Wahabbist/Salafists popped up out of no where? Why was Saddam building big $$$$ building huge mosques to placate the Muslim clerics and keep them happy?? Saddam was a dictator.. More appropriately, he was the "godfather" who suppressed potential rivals and killed those who outright opposed him. That's not going to be much different than how the Islamo-Fascists treat the Iraqi population. Now because of Bush, Iran and the Shiite muslim fundamentalists are taking over. Niiice... for Iran that is... Oh I wouldn't be so sure about that.. Iraqis are Arabs.. Iranians (for the most part) are Persians. Each side believes they are manipulating and controlling one another (Iraqi shiites and Iranian power brokers) when neither is the case. The Iranians certainly don't control Al Sistani and he resents meddling in Iraqi affairs by any foreign party, not just the US. But right now.. the Shiites are dancing with the Iranians because they need someone to back them up against the Syrians and Saudis who are supporting the Sunnis in Western Iraq. But when the Shiites have obtained sufficient control over the security apparatus, I'm sure there will be a purging of Iranian interests. Hawk