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2006-06-14 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2006-06-14 08:22|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's that whole sowing/reaping thingy again. In the olden days before Iran used the American embassy as a prison, diplomatic buildings were inviolate by international custom. Oh, well.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-14 08:46|| 2006-06-14 08:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Hassani One of Sistannis'?

Posted by 6 2006-06-14 09:01|| 2006-06-14 09:01|| Front Page Top

#3 ....program shown on Iranian television that accused him of being an Israeli agent....
Well, as long as didn't draw any cartoons of him....

Posted by GK 2006-06-14 09:30|| 2006-06-14 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 First time a mob in Iraq got it right, heh.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-06-14 11:43|| 2006-06-14 11:43|| Front Page Top

#5 This could be "good" news....Iraqi Shiites attacking the Iranian consulate (a Shiite nation)? Sometimes, YJCMTSU!

Posted by BA 2006-06-14 12:41|| 2006-06-14 12:41|| Front Page Top

#6 There's a lot of not so obvious good news in that story. Prior to Iraq's liberation, most Shiite religious schooling was done in Iran where the government had a strangle-hold on the religious indoctrination. Iraq is a much more holy place in Shia Islam and the brand of Shiaism is much less militant there. People are coming to study in Iraqi seminaries now rather than Iranian. Iran is losing its influence over global Shiaism.

In fact, the Shia holy sites in Iraq had more pilgims visiting than went to Mecca. Once Iraq becomes a stable and free country, the influence on Shia Islam there is, I believe, going to serve as a global moderating force that will probably bode well for places such as Lebanon that have large Shiite populations.

Posted by crosspatch">crosspatch 2006-06-14 13:00|| http://crufty.blogspot.com]">[http://crufty.blogspot.com] 2006-06-14 13:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Follow the money. The Iranian Mullahs are trying to gain control of the Iraq pilgrim cash cow, and also radicalize the Iraqi Shia population. My guess is they're doing a pretty good job on both counts.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2006-06-14 13:04|| 2006-06-14 13:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe, but Iran's influence is probably right now at its peak. I suspect the Iraqis are going to start exerting their own influence to a greater extent going foward. It appears to be dawning on them that they are in fact in charge of their own destiny and not at the mercy of whoever is telling them what to do this week.

Posted by crosspatch">crosspatch 2006-06-14 17:03|| http://crufty.blogspot.com]">[http://crufty.blogspot.com] 2006-06-14 17:03|| Front Page Top

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