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2020-01-11 Iraq

Iraq must be ruled by Iraqis, and "outsiders should not have a say" in its future, adds the country's top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

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Posted by Fred 2020-01-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
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#1 He's still alive? Hadn't heard from him in years.

Posted by Glenmore 2020-01-11 01:01|| 2020-01-11 01:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Iraq should definitely be ruled by Iraqis. The only question is will it be Sunni Iraqis or Shia Iraqis.

It all makes sense if you think of the whole mess as squabbling tribes rather than an actual country.

Posted by SteveS 2020-01-11 01:16|| 2020-01-11 01:16|| Front Page Top

#3 Iraq should definitely be broken up into Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish successor states.
It won't assure peace, but it will assure that the bandarlogs are mainly killing each other.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-11 04:02|| 2020-01-11 04:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Iraq should definitely be broken up into Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish successor states.

Actually the only sort-of sane thing Biden said back in the day.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-01-11 08:54|| 2020-01-11 08:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Tell it to the Ayatollah in Tehran.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-01-11 13:29|| 2020-01-11 13:29|| Front Page Top

#6 Way back when, friend and I had a pow wow and came to that conclusion.

Then Biden said the same and we went holy hell and checked for roofies.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-01-11 15:48|| 2020-01-11 15:48|| Front Page Top

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