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Roots of the Sunni-Shi'ite War Re your March 12 cover story: As a Sunni Muslim in the U.S., I am often asked to explain the differences and disagreements between the Islamic sects. Your superb analysis has made my job so much easier. It is the most balanced, finely nuanced examination of the sectarian divide I have ever read in the mainstream media. Unlike many other non-Muslim commentators, Bobby Ghosh correctly realizes that the root of the fighting in Iraq (and in other parts of the Islamic world) is not religion but politics. The warring parties cloak themselves...
...your March 12 cover story: as a Sunni Muslim in the U.S., I am often asked to explain the differences and disagreements between the Islamic sects. Your superb analysis has made my job so much easier. It is the most balanced, finely nuanced examination of the sectarian divide I have ever read in the mainstream media. Unlike many other non-Muslim commentators, Bobby Ghosh correctly realizes that the root of the fighting in Iraq (and in other parts of the Islamic world) is not religion but politics. The warring parties cloak themselves in religious garb and quote suras from...
...don’t do that. Maybe you could explain to me what that is, because I keep hearing about it. We have review sessions on Friday, so it must be something similar...
...about me. It's true for all these candidates: we all have things we've done right, things we've done wrong." He continues, "That's what this process is about, and you've got to come to peace with it, that it does involve scrutiny, attack, opportunity to explain what you're talking about - and the chance, ultimately, to change things...
...message, Roehrkasse who was on a trip with Gonzales in South America at the time, wrote, "The Attorney General is extremely upset with the stories on the US Attys this morning" - stories that dealt with the Congressional testimony by Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty, who was trying to explain why Cummins and others were dismissed. According to Roehrkasse's e-mail, "[Gonzales] also thought some of the DAG's statements were inaccurate." Roehrkasse has since said that Gonzales believed at the time that Cummins was being fired because of poor performance...