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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (197762)8/17/2006 1:22:58 PM
From: michael97123  Respond to of 281500
 
there is the arab persian thing which one day would rear its ugly head when shiaa arabs began to feel like second class citizens to their persian co-religionists. I think at the outset of the war, iraqi shiaa were for the most part were pretty determined not to let iraq become a protectorate of iran. Today with players as diverse as sistani, al sadr/mahdi army, badi?? brigades etc., i dont know if we can be sure how subservient a shiaa iraq state whether whole or divided would be.



To: Ichy Smith who wrote (197762)8/17/2006 2:21:41 PM
From: bentway  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
"The Shia would prefer to join with Iran. better to make the Sunnis and the Kurds politically equal to the Shia in a three way government of the country."

Perhaps we could make each Shia vote only count 3/5, as we used to do for the slaves, or at least the slave OWNERS, in this country?


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