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To: GST who wrote (212503)	1/11/2007 10:59:58 AM
From: michael97123	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

there is always a deal to be struck. Partition is one the shia might have some interest in and al sadr in that case would be on our side if and when we fall back to that position. In that circumstance, bagdad will have to be divided and it will become jerusalem #2 i am afraid. I am also thinking that syria, jordan, and SA might be intersted in a fall back solution where western iraq is somehow integrated into one or more of those countries. Again shiaa wouldnt mind losing anbar and having a viable shiaa state as well as a kurdish one. After all there is enough oil in both areas to intitially support such a state.

To: GST who wrote (212503)	1/11/2007 11:51:23 AM
From: Don Hurst	Respond to of 281500

>>" Sadr is the most powerful man in Iraq. "<< Somebody last night, I think it was on "Charlie Rose", said that Sadr had 60K armed in his militia (in Arabic, are they called "freedom fighters"?) and no one questioned the number. How they come up with these numbers is like the "Trinity", a mystery.

To: GST who wrote (212503)	1/11/2007 1:17:20 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

They're sending in Kurds to fight Sadr? At least that's what it looks like. Why are the Kurds bothering to come? Don't they have their own problems trying to leave Iraq and keep Turkey out of Kurdistan? They have their own flag, their own army, their own everything. Why would Kurds want to come down to Baghdad and fight Shiites? Is there some under-the-table deal with lots of money involved? "...Kurdish lawmaker Mahmoud Othman said the "plan will fail. Sending more troops and financial support will not help if there is no sectarian and political solution." "Sending troops and pumping money could improve the situation for some time, but I am not optimistic," he said. He also said it was a bad idea to send Kurdish troops to fight Shiite militia members in Baghdad "because they don't know the area and they don't know the people. There will also be new Arab-Kurdish sensitivities."... helenair.com