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Syria, Sunni-Shiite Splits Arise at Muslim Summit
2013-02-07
[ABCNEWS.GO] An Islamic summit that opened in Egypt on Wednesday lay bare the multiple divisions within the Moslem and Arab worlds, with conflicting approaches to the Syrian civil war exposing the Sunni-Shiite sectarian fault lines that have torn the region for years.

Egypt's Islamist leader sharply criticized Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor. If he'd stuck with it he'd have had a good practice by now...
's embattled regime in his address to the two-day summit, though he hedged his comments by only making an indirect call for the Syrian leader to step down.

The Syrian government "must read history and grasp its immortal message: It is the people who remain and those who put their personal interests before those of their people will inevitably go," Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi said.

The conflict in Syria has been deeply divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
in the Middle East, pitting a largely Sunni opposition against a regime dominated by Assad's Alawite minority -- a heterodox offshoot of Shiite Islam. Sunni nations such as Egypt, Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in their national face...
and Turkey have thrown their weight behind the rebels, while Shiite heavyweight Iran is Damascus
...The capital of Iran's Syrian satrapy...
' closest regional ally.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Gee, ya mean all is not sweetness and brotherhood in murderous muzzieland?
Posted by: Muggsy Mussolini1226   2013-02-07 11:57  

#1  The best part? They've got modern weapons* now.


(dat includes WMD)
Posted by: Pappy   2013-02-07 09:26  

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