[lbo-talk] Al-Sadr Bloc and Sunni Leaders in Consensus over Withdrawal of Foreign Troops

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 1/3/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 3, 2007, at 8:43 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
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> > the Shi'i-Sunni bloc that Sadr's trying to build
>
> What are the prospects for that after Saddam's hangmen were chanting
> "Moktada!"

Shi'is and Sunnis need the kind of leaders who are capable of letting
bygones be bygones and unite with enemies who killed their own mothers
and fathers.  That's the precondition for any strategic or even
tactical unity between the Sadr bloc and former Ba'athists.
-- 
Yoshie
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