Word: sunni
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...only the latest sign that the U.S. has reservations about leaving real power in the hands of? Iraq's elected government. Even as it tries to cajole the elected leaders to agree on a national unity government, the U.S. is engaged in ongoing talks with commanders of the Sunni insurgency and plans talks on the future of Iraq with Iran, which retains significant influence over the main Shi'ite parties. Now it appears Washington has also reached out to Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani - Iraq's leading Shi'ite clerical authority and the country's most influential figure - for support...
...Such multi-pronged diplomacy may be necessary to stabilize Iraq, but wooing any one party inevitably alienates another. When the U.S. talks to the insurgents and calls for greater Sunni share of power, Shi'ite leaders accuse Washington of rewarding terrorism; when it moves to talk with Tehran, the Sunnis in Iraq and in friendly Arab capitals are incensed at the idea of Iran's influence in Iraq being formalized. As long as U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad is able to balance the fallout and bruised feelings, the strategy may appear viable. But the Shi'ites constitute almost two thirds...
...accept the argument that the escalating sectarian violence in Iraq has nothing to do with 24 years of Sunni oppression of Shi'ites and Kurds under Saddam but is the result of the incompetent U.S. invasion. What about the passion to avenge atrocities committed by the former regime? The U.S. can't be blamed for that. Still, Iraqis are probably better off with a dictator, somebody to force them to get along. They are a people who thrive on dictatorships and blood feuds. Michael Klena Baltimore, Maryland...
...report from the front lines of the warfare between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq provoked some readers to contest the idea that the U.S. invasion sparked the fire, while others hoped for peace...
...report from the front lines of the warfare between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in Iraq provoked many readers to conclude that the situation is indeed civil war and should have been anticipated. Some readers contested the idea that the U.S. invasion sparked the fire, while others offered hope for peace As long as the eye-for-an-eye mentality dominates thought and behavior in the Middle East, there is little hope for a peaceable solution to Iraq's incipient civil war [March 6]. The philosophy of perpetual retaliation is devoid of love and not a part...