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2005-09-19 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-09-19 00:16|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The question of what post-Saddam Iraq would ultimately look like has always rested on the shoulders of the Shia.

The following statement is particularly interesting:

"A lot of us who have followed this thing have come to the conclusion that the Sunnis are the wolves--the real warriors--and the religious Shi'ites are the sheep," says an intelligence officer.

That statement was once true. I think it's changing in a hurry.

Posted by Pat Phillips 2005-09-19 11:53|| 2005-09-19 11:53|| Front Page Top

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