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  • The Shiite Obligation (Kenan Makiya Appeals To Fellow Iraq Shiites To Look Beyond Victimhood Alert)

    02/06/2005 9:30:52 PM PST · by goldstategop · 332+ views
    Opinionjournal.com ^ | 02/06/07 | Kenan Makiya
    Foremost among those victims are the Shiites of Iraq, of whom I am one. Shiite parties and 111 coalitions are poised on the verge of a great electoral victory. But who is this mass of people, politically speaking? What do they stand for? What kind of a state do they want? Since 1968, the Baath have been trashing the only idea that can hold the great social diversity of Iraq together: the idea of Iraq. Their answer to the question "Who am I?" was: You are either one of us, or you are dead. True to their word, they killed...