Sunnis try blackmail to gain power (no surprise there)
The Sunnis can't win by votes, so they try to blackmail themselves
into power. Why am I not surprised that the followers and supporters
of the dictator Saddam Hussein would use these tactics to counter the
slap in the face that they have received from the Iraqi voters?
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Baghdad, IRAQ, Dec. 25 - Sunni Arab political leaders asked the main
Shiite political block today to give them 10 Shiite seats in the new
parliament in an early attempt to defuse tensions over the results of
last week's election. The Shiites refused the request.
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