[lbo-talk] AP: Destruction of mosque pushes Iraq towards all-out civil war

[Doug Henwood]

Michael Pollak wrote:


>1) The Sunnis used to rule the country and dominated the upper 
>echelons of the army.  They feel that if the US leaves, and it's 
>them against the Shiites, they'll win.

But they're outnumbered 2 to 1, no? And Iran might well back the 
Shiites. And some are attributing the bombing to AQ in Iraq - are 
they Sunni, or just freelance jihadists?

Doug