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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 102166" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>I don't consider the terrorist groups the average arab so I hope that clarifies the question I asked. You can't look at the TV news today and totally understand the events of the Middle East. You have to read about the history, culture and even geography to even get a clue as to what is happening and even that is a tall order. I'm still reading and trying to understand the Sunni and Shi'a and so far the best I can compare to would be Baptist and Methodist or maybe Protestant and Catholic and even with that I'm still not sure I got it right. Here's something to consider in the mix.</p><p> </p><p>Iran: Shi'a</p><p>Al Queda: Sunni</p><p>Iraq: Shi'a majority, Sunni ruled via Baathist party and Saddam</p><p>Saudi: Sunni</p><p>Hezbollah: Lebonese Shi'a, inspired by Komenni</p><p>Hamas: Palastinian Sunni</p><p> </p><p>I won't go so far as to say this is completely authoritative but it's at the least a peek at what we're dealing with.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Shi%27a-Sunni_relations" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Shi%27a-Sunni_relations</a></p><p> </p><p>There are many factors that total the sum of what we see and I'm not convinced we've seen all the equation from all sides yet so that we can understand the answer being given to us.</p><p> </p><p>JMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 102166, member: 2189"] I don't consider the terrorist groups the average arab so I hope that clarifies the question I asked. You can't look at the TV news today and totally understand the events of the Middle East. You have to read about the history, culture and even geography to even get a clue as to what is happening and even that is a tall order. I'm still reading and trying to understand the Sunni and Shi'a and so far the best I can compare to would be Baptist and Methodist or maybe Protestant and Catholic and even with that I'm still not sure I got it right. Here's something to consider in the mix. Iran: Shi'a Al Queda: Sunni Iraq: Shi'a majority, Sunni ruled via Baathist party and Saddam Saudi: Sunni Hezbollah: Lebonese Shi'a, inspired by Komenni Hamas: Palastinian Sunni I won't go so far as to say this is completely authoritative but it's at the least a peek at what we're dealing with. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Shi%27a-Sunni_relations"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Shi%27a-Sunni_relations[/URL] There are many factors that total the sum of what we see and I'm not convinced we've seen all the equation from all sides yet so that we can understand the answer being given to us. JMO. [/QUOTE]
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