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Sunnis and Shiites

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This article talks about an expulsion of 3000 Shiites from the 'Sunni Triangle'. This was a retaliation of an expulsion of Sunnis from the predominately Shiite Southern Iraq. "This clash in Ramadi was one of the first times Sunni Arabs have been known to take up arms against insurgents specifically in defense of Shiites"
The Sunnis and Shiites have sympathy for one another for what they feel is foreign attempts to start conflicts between them.
I found this article interesting because you usually only hear about fighting against each other, not for each other.
Another issue was whether Shiites should have their own separate federal state in southern Iraq like the Kurds have established in the north.

posted by Anonymous @ 4/11/2006 11:22:00 AM