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2005-03-17 Iraq-Jordan

Iraqi Sunnis Caught Between Politics, Armed Struggle

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Posted by Fred 2005-03-17 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Great comments and great pic, Fred. Ima kinda like the green turbanned chap. He has some piss and vinegar. I have a feeling that Sunnis with a clue will work with the Shiites and Kurds to make things happen. Only trouble is that the Nutcase Sunnis will pop them off. Well, it IS up to the Sunnis if they want to be treated as citizens, or potential terrorists. Meanwhile, the give and take of government will go on, with or without the Sunnis.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-03-17 12:51:46 AM|| 2005-03-17 12:51:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 There is no âpotentialâ terrorists as far as I am concerned. The Sunni seem to have a tenuous grasp on reality. They get no say. They chose to not participate in elections and have kept up support for an âinsurgency.â An election that all other sectors of Iraqi society participated in. It's not being left in the dust, they have chosen to be ground into the dust. I doubt the Iraqi army and police will be as restrained with them as US military forces have been.

The Sunni have a choice. STFU and get with the program and support the new parliament unreservedly or, continue paying for it for as long as it takes until they are a small remnant of their former number. I guess continually marrying your first cousin affects the cognitive functions pretty badly. Oh the wonder and joy of tribal society.

When are we going to declare the MMA a terrorist organization?

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-03-17 7:28:23 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-03-17 7:28:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The thing about wings is they can be clipped.Clip the wings and"That bird ain't gonna fly".

Posted by raptor 2005-03-17 7:48:11 AM|| 2005-03-17 7:48:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 If the Democratic/Republican or Green Party, boycotted a vote, they wouldn't get represented until next time, it applies to Sunnis. If more represented, they surely would stall any of potential healthy debates in Parliament with complaints and false tactics. Listening to Al-Qaeda on voting day severly margionalized them, I'm glad their knuckleheads or good Iraqi's would be fighting them on another front.

Posted by Glasing Slinelet5995 2005-03-17 9:32:08 AM|| 2005-03-17 9:32:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Senior Sunni politician Nasser Al-Chaderchi worries that the Sunni community is too caught up in the romanticism of violent resistance. This is illogical, and unacceptable. It is an extreme speech aimed at erasing others which is something unbelievable.

this man speaks sense. Now if only it can began to seep out to the rest of the Sunni Arabs.

Posted by liberalhawk 2005-03-17 9:36:05 AM|| 2005-03-17 9:36:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 caught up in the romanticism of violent resistance
It's all about dress-up and stylin.

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-17 10:06:27 AM|| 2005-03-17 10:06:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 O.K. so I SAW it at Rantburg, it was a Yahoo article. On RB, it's titled "Most Iraqi's say future looks brighter....

Posted by Bobby 2005-03-17 1:04:23 PM|| 2005-03-17 1:04:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 I musta fouled up the previous comment, to which #7 is an add-on. I had said the article (referred to in #7) said that 44% of the Sunnis voted, and that was better than some states in the last election (I think). Confused? Why should YOU be different?

Posted by Bobby 2005-03-17 1:06:27 PM|| 2005-03-17 1:06:27 PM|| Front Page Top

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