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Sunni Muslims Carve Out New Role in Iraq
Severely EFLTIKRIT, Iraq - With Saddam Hussein in captivity, some tribal elders from his old power base are showing greater willingness to work with Iraqâs American occupiers, realizing they must carve out a new political role for the Sunni Muslim minority that long ruled the country. Thatâs a first step if I ever saw one ... U.S. officers have been meeting every week with the regionâs tribal leaders, but Al Nada was the first sheik who openly spoke against Saddam, said Lt. Col. Steven Russell, a U.S. commander in Tikrit. ... ARMY OF STEVE, EVERYONE! (And upcoming, the best line ...) Russell equated the situation to a race for a new future in which "the starting gun has fired, the Kurds and Shiites have started running, but the Sunni runner is standing at the starting line ... imagining he has won." Sounds like both our major political parties ... Posted by: Lu Baihu 2003-12-25 |
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