"New Sunni Jihad"?

October 27, 2005, 2:09 pm
  





More evidence that Iraq’s Sunnis are turning to the political process, not terrorism, appeared in the Washington Post today:

…Iraqi and U.S. analysts in Baghdad express hope that such a shift in outlook will eventually lead large numbers of radical Sunnis to abandon their weapons permanently and take part in the political process.

The article describes the exploits of one Abu Theeb, who:

…traveled the countryside just north of Baghdad, stopping at as many Sunni Arab houses and villages as he could. Each time, his message to the farmers and tradesmen he met was the same: Members of the disgruntled Sunni minority should register to vote — and vote against the constitution.

Definitely worth reading.




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