To: nmh
Fallujah is Sunni, not Kurdish. I am sure the Kurds would be happy to help, but I doubt the Sunnis will listen, since they are more like sworn enemies.
In fact, Kurdish Special Forces have joined the Marines recently in the pacification of Fallujah. I am sure the Sunnis are not happy about that.
To: Miss Marple
Fallujah is Sunni, not Kurdish. I am sure the Kurds would be happy to help, but I doubt the Sunnis will listen, since they are more like sworn enemies.
Kurds are an ETHNIC group, Sunnis are a RELIGIOUS group. Kurds are mostly Sunni Muslims but are not ARABS like the people in Fallujah. The Kurds are ethnically related to the Iranis. However, the Iranis are Shias (another RELIGIOUS group) as are many ARABs in Iraq (the Shia Arabs in south IRaq). There is antagonism between the Kurdish (Indo-Europeans) people in the north and the Arab (semitic) people in the south. There is antagonism between the Sunni Arabs and Shia Arabs in the south and central parts of Irq.
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