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Examples
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Its a war between muslims against muslims, shias gainst sunnis, God knows what else.
Global Voices in English » Pakistan: Mayhem in Peshawar 2009
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The could model themselves like the sunnis and the shias.
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Lebanon is a pretty insignificant country but it does have some interesting features, like being the Arab country with the largest christian population, though they still are a minority which is made “worse” because the Lebanese christians are very split politically, unlike sunnis or shias who are “more or less” united, well at least not split about 50/50 like christians are.
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Petraeus did real well when he had a town full of minorities who were afraid of sunnis and afraid of shias.
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But the shias have to live there, and they might not want to be too mean to their nearby neighbors.
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And most of the shias we try to support appear to be pretty closely aligned with iran.
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I wonder if they figured out the difference between sunnis and shias yet.
McCain Team Falsely Charges That Obama Opposes Capital Punishment For Bin Laden 2009
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But say that sunnis keep the oil from flowing, how much food can shias pay for?
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This has been interpreted by some shias to mean that they can misrepresent something to their advantage.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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They backed an Israeli war against Lebanon's shias.
Simon Jenkins: The Weekend's 9/11 Horror-Fest will do Osama bin Laden's Work for Him 2008
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