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To: pompsander who wrote (18722)	3/27/2008 12:00:25 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 25737

Re: "The Shiites Hit the Fan" I'm not sure that 'ISCI/Dawa' is correctly defined as 'the 'exile group'.... Sure, the exiles are trying to elbow their way to the head of the line (the 'head of the line' for corruption and $$$$ is defined as 'control of government Ministries in the Iraqi Government'), the better to line their own pockets, same as their rivals, but the exiles have always had far more political power and influence inside D.C. then they ever have had inside Baghdad. Perhaps (since the days of 'free' bags of cash, tens of Billions in lightly tracked or audited no-bid contracts from Uncle Sucker are likely drawing near to an end) the exiles are refocusing their attention now on the Iraqi Government --- where they detect better prospects for generating personal wealth for themselves..... But, I believe that this current fighting is far more related to more POWERFUL Shiite groups (more powerful then the exiles' small group) going at each other over access to Iraqi political power and wealth: The Badr Brigade (which dominates in Iraqi security forces) targeting their rivals in Sadr's Mahdi Army for control of the oil wealth (and associated revenues) in the run-up just before the scheduled elections which pit these two groups against each other: Who Is Muqtada Al-Sadr? Message 24439346

To: pompsander who wrote (18722)	3/27/2008 12:05:33 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

Clinton takes hit in new poll on White House race Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:51pm EDT reuters.com WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's positive rating has dropped to a new low of 37 percent in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday. According to the poll, the New York senator's positive rating slid 8 percentage points in two weeks and she had a negative rating of 48 percent in a week where she admitted making a mistake in claiming she had come under sniper fire during a 1996 trip to Bosnia. Clinton's Democratic rival, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, also saw a slight dip in his positive rating, to 49 percent from 51 percent, the poll found. Clinton, who would be the first female U.S. president, and Obama, who would be the first black president, are in a heated battle for the Democratic nomination to face presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in November's election. The survey was taken after Obama gave a speech last week on race in America and rejected racially charged remarks by his pastor in Chicago of two decades, Rev. Jeremiah Wright. NBC said 32 percent of respondents said Obama "sufficiently addressed the issue" and 26 percent said he needed to say more about the Wright controversy. More than half of those surveyed -- 55 percent -- said they were "disturbed" by the videos of Wright that were widely circulated on television and the Internet, the poll found. In head-to-head matchups, Obama and Clinton were even at 45 percent. In general election matchups, Obama led McCain by 44 percent to 42 percent and McCain led Clinton by 46 percent to 44 percent. When asked which candidate could unite the country if elected, 60 percent said Obama, 58 percent said McCain and 46 percent said Clinton. The poll of 700 registered voters was conducted on Monday and Tuesday and had a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points. NBC said its pollsters oversampled African-Americans to get a more reliable cross tabulation on questions regarding Obama's speech on race. (Editing by John O'Callaghan) © Reuters 2007. All rights reserved.