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To: koan who wrote (790984)	6/20/2014 4:40:23 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578652

Good article. I already had an understanding of most of that. There are a couple of questions I have which were not answered. Muslim doctrine states that once a region is controlled by Muslims it belongs to Islam. If they are ever driven out, they have an obligation to fight until they can reclaim it. In this case the Sunnis don't recognize Shia control over a region once controlled by Sunnis as legitimate. So I expected to see a huge influx of additional Sunni fighters. Based on all I've seen up to now it appears like the Shi'ite forces could wipe the floor with that force of 10,000. Shias have there own radical fighting malitias in Iraq and that Qud force is no joke. Shi'ites have a force that should be in the hundreds of thousands, so it should be light work for them. If they move quickly, this could be over ... but they are not moving quickly. I expected to see a flood of Sunni fighters entering the region. So far there are no reports to substantiate my expectation. Maybe because Al Qaeda cast them out or maybe for some other reason, or maybe it is still a possibility. Kurds? Turks are very racist against Kurds. They periodically slaughter villages of kurds who have illegally immigrated across the border. I don't doubt they are ok with Kurds having their own Nation but I wouldn't expect them to provide any support, except maybe because Turks are mostly Sunni.