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To: jmc1969

This will be a Sunni/Shiia government since the Kurds are mostly Sunni. The Sunni Arabs won't like it much, but it'll work as long as Allawi gets over his "extended hand to Baathists". The Arabs in Kurdish country were moved in to displace the Kurds during Saddam's time. Moving them back makes sense as long as they are compensated. Actually, they should be "enticed" by offers they would be foolish to refuse.


4 posted on 02/12/2005 11:41:16 AM PST by McGavin999
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To: McGavin999

Really ..?? Kurds are Kurds - and Sunnis are Sunnis - and they're not interchangable. They have very different belief systems.

The Sunnis only represent 20% of the total population of Iraq .. I hardly see them in a power position of any kind. That's why they boycotted the elections - to try to force people into abandoning the elections so they could have a chance of regaining their power - but it didn't work and now the Sunnis are trying to make nice with other groups in hopes of getting some representation in their assembly.

I believe the Shiia and the Kurds will have the most members and therefore - I'm hoping Allawi will remain as PM. I want him to stay because I think he's tough - and he's a big supporter of President Bush and America's military. The Sunnis will have representation, but they will no longer be able to wield power over Iraq.


11 posted on 02/12/2005 12:56:33 PM PST by CyberAnt (Pres. Bush: "Self-government relies, in the end, on the governing of the self.")
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