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| quote: | Originally posted by Renegade
What seems to have been missed here is that Maysan, the place where the weapons were intercepted, is in the south of Iraq, the Shiite third of the country:
http://www.answers.com/topic/maysan
The Shiite communities in Iraq have always had close ties with the Shiite theocracy in Iran, so I wouldn't be suprised if Iranians - either officially (that is, by the order of the government) or unofficially (that is, through Iranian groups unassociated with the Iranian government) - were trying to smuggle weapons to their bretheren in that part of Iraq. The notion that the Iranians would be giving weaponary to the Sunni-based insurgency, however, is pretty ridiculous. Firstly, why would they give weapons to Sunni militants, most of whom supported the suppression of the Shiites last decade? Secondly, why would the Iranians be supporting an insurgency that undermines the likelihood of the Shiite majority in Iraq gaining power in the new Iraqi government?
If anyone tries to insinuate that the Iranians have had anything to do with the insurgency over the past two years based on this event, then they need to check their history of the region and then check their heads shortly after.
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To me what you say is pretty obvious even before the news came out.
Question now is whos gonna win the civil war in iraq, after the U.S. pulls out? The Shiites, Backed by Iran. Or the Sunnis, Backed by Syria. For the U.S. government both choices are out of the question seeing as how either Syrian or Irani control of the region would jeopardize their interests in the region. The U.S. possible (and most probable) way out : declare an independant Kurdistan in the Kurd autonomous region convince U.S. ally Turkey to back an independant Kurdish state in Northern Iraq (this would be the hard part).
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