Exploit Rifts in The Insurgency
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The next two weeks are crucial. Washington and the Iraqi government
should put forward a bold program of 'national reconciliation.'
By Fareed Zakaria
Newsweek
Oct. 17, 2005 issue - Amid all the problems in Iraq, I see one
encouraging sign. Sunnis are organizing to defeat the referendum on
Iraq's draft constitution. This is good news because it places the
Sunnis in direct opposition to the jihadi insurgents in Iraq. The
latter, headed by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, have been threatening to kill
anyone who votes. The vast majority of Sunni organizations in
Iraq-including several insurgent groups-have called on Sunnis to
mobilize and vote to defeat the constitution, which they view as
anti-Sunni. This is the most important positive development in Iraq-a
growing split between the radical jihadists and the other insurgents,
who are mostly Baathists. It provides the United States with an
opportunity, even at this late date, for some success. Drive this split
wider and isolate the jihadis. Or as the British motto goes, divide and
conquer.
Fareed Zakaria
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/183efdb1ef3cbc8a
Sunnis
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/49a59c5fd51cddf8
Shiites
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/32212b79aaf80bac
Kurds
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/2719b2fa8335077c
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