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2004-02-17

Mass Migration Redraws Northern Iraq Map

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Posted by Steve White 2004-02-17 12:17:53 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The only scenario I can come up with which doesn't make the Sunnis *BIG* losers is a close alliance with the US.

Posted by phil_b 2004-2-17 12:29:16 AM|| 2004-2-17 12:29:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Judging from the daily events in Fullujah, Tikrit and Samarra the Sunnis have a strange way of seeking an alliance. Maybe they're destined to be losers.
Then of course there's always the cleansing effect of a messy civil war.

Posted by GK 2004-2-17 1:02:27 AM|| 2004-2-17 1:02:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Any scenario that ends with the words sunnis and big losers in the same sentence is fine by me.

Posted by Evert Visser 2004-2-17 4:03:37 AM|| [http://chinditz.blog-city.com/] 2004-2-17 4:03:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Fredom loving Kurds to the North.
Cleric led Shia's to the South.
You would think the Sunnis would be trying to keep a low profile.
Do you think(maybe)the Sunnis have that cause/effect thing ass-backwards.

Posted by Raptor 2004-2-17 7:23:18 AM|| 2004-2-17 7:23:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#5
Arabs are fleeing their villages in northern Iraq and Kurds are moving back in,

Both of these migrations will snowball. The recent bombings of Kurds by Al Qaeda were really, really bad news for the now shrinking group of Arab colonists in Kurdistan.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-2-17 8:13:33 AM|| 2004-2-17 8:13:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Kurds are insisting on retaining - or expanding - the system of self-rule they enjoyed under U.S. protection after Iraqâs defeat in the 1991 Gulf War. Kurdish militiamen, known as peshmerga, fought alongside U.S. soldiers last year and now expect a political payoff for that support.

Which is being overlooked in the Arab world, since it is probably the best success story in the middle east, right after Israel. NOT that there was much competition, mind you.

Kurds regard the Hamreen Mountains as the natural borders of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Natural barriers as a natural border. All of Gaza and half of the West Bank should remain Israeli for the same practical reason.

Posted by Ptah 2004-2-17 12:00:16 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2004-2-17 12:00:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Do you think(maybe)the Sunnis have that cause/effect thing ass-backwards.

Not possible -- they're all degreed graduates of the Palestinian College of Political Science. They're simply maneuvering to miss their next opportunity...

Posted by snellenr 2004-2-17 12:22:15 PM|| 2004-2-17 12:22:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 They're simply maneuvering to miss their next opportunity...
Praise allah, someone understands... it's not as easy as it looks.

Posted by YesSir ImaFat 2004-2-17 6:50:01 PM|| 2004-2-17 6:50:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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