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To: Mike from La. who wrote (37915)	2/21/1999 2:05:00 PM
From: Pete Young	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

I wonder if the killings of the Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric is someone's idea of a good way of getting rid of Saddam? I believe that Sunnis, only a small proportion of the population, (Kurds are the other big minority) live in the areas with a majority of the oil, and thus control the government. Can't expect some ambitious Sunni figure to want to have the Shi'ite's all stirred up in order to replace Saddam...would be a MAD (mutual assured destruction) scheme.

To: Mike from La. who wrote (37915)	2/21/1999 2:08:00 PM
From: Mike from La.	Respond to of 95453

What the US would like is a clean coup against Saddam by his military, but a full scale religious war would involve not only the whole country, but the whole region. Iran is looking for an opportunity to spread its influence, and would love to take part of IRAQ through a surrogate uprising. I don't think the US and its allies would be happy with Shi'ite influence moving right next to the Saudi border. But the real anger of this breaking into a religious based conflict is that it cannot be contained, religious fanaticism has no natural limits. MIke from La