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Originally Posted by jorgelito
Shia are Arab but not sunni, but are also Iraqi but feared to ally with Iranian shias which turned out to be an unfounded fear (because shia in Iran are not Arab, they are Persian).
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This is very much an issue:
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topic...2&parent_id=18
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“Iran is absolutely ready to co-operate with Iraq in all fields, the economy as well as all other issues of common interest,” he added.
Kharrazi’s visit, just two days after that of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, highlights the thaw between the two neighbours and their attempt to normalise relations.
“We do not want Iraq to be a place for us to settle our differences with the US,” he said. “Whatever our relations with the US may be, we think it is our duty to assist the Iraqi people.”
Relations between Shia majority Iran and the interim government set up by the US in June 2004, just over a year after a US-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussain, were uneven.
But the new Shia-dominated government, many of whose ministers spent many years in exile in Tehran and have close ties with Iran, an arch-foe of Washington, has helped ease relations.
“The political message of this visit is very important, notably in its timing,” said Zebari.
“It is the first visit by an Arab or Muslim foreign minister since the elections which allowed the Iraqi people to choose its representatives freely and democratically. It’s a sign of the Iranian leadership’s respect for the Iraqi people’s choice.
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Many of the Shia, including Khomeini, lived in Iraq after the Shah came into power and worshipped alongside the very people who were elected into power in the new government. The islamic extremist can't believe their good luck - the U.S. has paid to remove the Sunni elitist out of power for them, and installed their brothers as the new government. They will continue to take our money, watch our soldiers kill and be killed by the Sunnis insurgents who have oppressed them for the last 80 years, and then develop the theocracy they have always wanted.
The U.S. bankrolled Hussein's dictatorship and war against Iran specifically to keep this from happening! Of course they say they want democracy, the Shia comprise 60% of the population. Don't forget that Iran considers itself a democracy also... Our arrogance to believe that anyone in Iraq would have an allegiance to America is dumbfounding.