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pistoff
 
Reply Sat 8 May, 2004 05:12 pm
The last time I asked the overwhelming vote was "yes".

How about now?

Quote:
The Way Out:

Iraq's Shiites, Sunnis Form Anti-Occupation Body
Additional Reporting By Samir Haddad, IOL Correspondent

The United Iraqi Scholars Group -- which appointed a 16-strong leadership panel -- has vowed to boycott any political group set up by the United States and called for a stronger army than the small force envisioned by the US-led occupation authority, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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The new body, grouping Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds, pressed for sidelining the U.S.-appointed Governing Council and called for a meeting with U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&a...

http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2004-05/08/article08.shtml

So, if Brahimi gives this group legitimacy, we could well be forced to get out, or admit we just want the oil.
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