Word: shying
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...quickly established himself as one of the rising stars of the new military due to his aggressive instincts ("My tactics are simple," he says. "Whenever we see the enemy, we go after them.") and his uncompromising belief that the future of Iraq must be non-secular. A Shi'a, he is married to a Sunni, and one of his sons is named Omar, a distinctively Sunni name. Accusations of pro-Shi'a bias have plagued the Army (which is predominantly Shi'a) since its post-Saddam reconstruction, but Ali says he does not tolerate any favoritism among his soldiers...
Featuring one of the most volatile social and religious dynamics in the country, the area is dotted with Shi'a urban centers surrounded by Sunni farming communities. The Sunni tribes, many of whom were favored under Saddam's regime, became early allies of al-Qaeda in Iraq, while the Shi'as increasingly aligned themselves with Moqtada al-Sadr, his Mahdi Army and its many more extreme offshoots. Two major highways from the south bisect the region, making it a favored way-station for anyone ferrying money, fighters or weapons into or out of Baghdad. Locals were often forced to join...
...importance of privacy. In my second year studying Japanese at Harvard, we learned that there is technically no word for privacy in Japanese; when the Japanese need to use the word “privacy”, they use the English derivative “pu-rai-ba-shi.” Until the twentieth century, there wasn’t even a word for the concept. From small Japanese towns to Tokyo highrises, everyone knows their neighbors’ business, because the walls are made of a very thin—but equally delicious—rice paper.Like Japan...
...Iraqi Shi'ite militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has long been one of the galvanizing figures for opposition to the U.S. presence in the country. Friday's massive street protests against Washington's plans for a long-term strategic agreement with Iraq, along with his followers' call for a public referendum on the issue, were further evidence of this. But opposition, or at least skepticism, towards the U.S. appears to be spreading through the ranks of Baghdad's political establishment, even among partisans the United States hopes to win over...
...Ridha Jawaad Taqee, the official spokesman for the mainstream Shi'ite political bloc aligned with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government, stressed that nothing about the agreement has been finalized. "There is no absolute rejection against the agreement," said Taqee. "It's still under discussions, studying and consulting...