Sunday, August 14, 2005

 

Iraqi Sunnis Battle To Defend Shiites

This amazing story by Ellen Knickmeyer and Jonathan Finer of the Washington Post describes a crucial shift taking hold in the Iraqi mindset. Ramadi's Sunni Muslims have risen up against Zarqawi's demand that Shi'ites evacuate the city, setting up cordones around Shi'ite neighbourhoods and chasing Z's bitches away with grenade-launchers and automatic weapons.
Differences between Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurd will not disappear, but Zarqawi has certainly focussed Iraqis' collective attention on what needs to be done next: get rid of the real invaders and get on with rebuilding Iraq.

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