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Originally Posted by Guy
DO you see that match being "lit" in the Kurdish held AO in Iraq?
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hard to tell...the entire area seems to be a series of flash points...relations between the Turks and their Kurdish minority are very crucial to stability in the region, IMNSHO...i haven't followed that situation much since retirement, but i do recall being somewhat aghast during the early days of IF when it was rumored that the Turks had taken up positions in N. Iraq or had mobilized along the border, i don't recollect...
since Mohammed died, about the only time the Muslims were not fighting each other for hegemony was during the Ottoman Empire and the subsequent European colonial period....there are divisions within the Shi'a community, as well, among the Fivers, Seveners and Twelvers (depending on which martyred caliph you believe to be the true successor to Mohammed)
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