My fear was that I would be sold on to the Sunni or Islamist groups.
Rory Carroll
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The first is to establish three large autonomous regions with a viable central government in Baghdad. The Kurdish, Sunni and Shiite regions would each be responsible for their own domestic laws, administration and internal security.
Leslie Gelb
If it's a war between Sunni and Shiite, this war might be extended from Lebanon to Afghanistan .
Diaa Rashwan
We are witnessing the death throes of Sunni power in Iraq. They face stark choices.
Nile Gardiner
There is such militancy and suspicion within the Sunni Arab community that acceptance (of the election results) on the part of certain leaders would diminish their credibility and, in some cases, place cooperative leaders in very real danger of assassination.
Dewayne White
If you would think that all the Sunni Arabs on the constitutional drafting committee would say, 'OK, we agree with the others' ... I think this is an illusion. I think that consensus is almost impossible.
Laith Kubba
The (Sunni) bloc should now convene a general conference to decide how to proceed. Boycotting the referendum and parliamentary elections (in December) would be a lose-lose proposition. Our hope will be in the next parliament that will hopefully be more balanced than this one.
Sadoun Zubaydi
If the constitution is adopted, it will be over the objections of the Sunni leadership. To expect that to be able to resolve the insurgency is simply unrealistic.
Jonathan Brown
Certainly the violence in Iraq has been much lower than it might have been, because there's been a fair deal of restraint among Shiite leaders. And that might end now - they may feel the need to really go after the Sunni Arabs as a diversion.
David Mack
The chances of bringing Sunni Arabs to the political process are almost lost. The Sunni Arabs will suffer a lot, unfortunately. Everybody in Iraq is going to suffer from this.
Salih Mutlak
The men here say there was a progression. First, they became afraid to travel to Baghdad for work, which took them through largely Sunni suburbs on the west side of the city, where people were frequently attacked on the road.
David Enders
It will incite some bitter feelings within the Shiite communities and it will also instigate some sectarian frictions between Sunni and Shiite.
Saad Jawad Qindeel
No Sunni has a right to become a president, prime minister or even a minister in the Iranian government.
Abdul Hameed Reeki
At the celebration at the Shiite shrine, a cleric gave a scathing speech in the mosque's courtyard. He lashed out at the first Muslim caliphs, the founding fathers of Islam in Sunni eyes, and usurpers of power in Shiite eyes. Though he couched his attacks in the context and vocabulary of early Islamic history, it was clear that he had much more contemporary targets in his metaphorical crosshairs.
Correspondent Charles Levinson
We took every point that we disagreed with and brought it to the point nearest to the Sunni position. They are generally about the most important things in the constitution: the Iraqi identity, federalism, the control of resources and the authorities of the president.
Alaa Makki
The data we have received and the contacts we have made (with local Sunni leaders) show the Sunnis are interested and willing to participate, which was different in the last election.
Adil Alaan
One of the most positive trends that we see across Iraq is the willingness of the Sunnis to participate in a political process. We have seen them registering in large numbers in all of the major Sunni provinces.
George Casey
It is imperative, in our perspective, that we drive a wedge between the insurgents and the Sunni population of Iraq . And having them actively involved in the political process is a way to drive that wedge.
Patrick Lynch
The Sunni insurgency is now complemented by the Shiite militias who are getting very powerful and are able to wreak havoc on the Sunnis. The various groups are killing each other and kidnapping but not openly doing it. It is a type of ethnic cleansing. But it is not an open civil war.
Martin Navias
I think part of their objections are really a smokescreen because they're concerned about their loss of power. Historically, they ran Iraq and now if you really look at where the insurgency area is, it is the Sunni areas which are most in danger of leaving in the short-run not the Kurdish or Shi'ite areas because they strongly support the present government.
James Phillips
All of the Sunnis are facilitating the terrorists. They have little influence compared with the Kurds and Shiites, so they allow the terrorists to operate to create pressure and get political concessions. So they should be killed, too ... the Sunni political leaders in Baghdad are supporting the insurgency, too, and there will be a day when they are tried for it.
Col. Sabar Saleem
[The attempt to ensure passage] was a mixture of arrogance and stupidity, ... It would have made a Sunni boycott (of Saturday's vote) inevitable.
Toby Dodge
Those who are representing the brother Sunni Arabs are not elected.
Humam Hammoudi
There are intense talks going on. They are trying very hard to see if they can make last-minute changes for the Sunni Arabs.
Mahmoud Othman
Together, the Kurds and Shiites have enough votes in parliament to approve the draft constitution and have it voted on; however, the requirements for adoption of the constitution are such that if Sunni provinces uniformly reject it, it will not go into effect.
John Hinderaker
Since sectarian war is already underway between Sunni Arabs and Shiites in Baghdad and some other parts of the country, it is hard to see how a centralized Iraq run by Shiites could serve the interests of its Sunni population.
Peter Galbraith
We hoped this day would never come. We believe that the Arabs, whether Sunni or Shi'ite, are one. We totally reject any attempt to stir up sectarian issues to divide Iraq.
Saleh Al mutlak
We saw three successful elections last year... In that success of those elections, you can see the gravitational pole working on the Sunni Arab population pulling them into the political process.
Peter Rodman
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