Iraq Qaeda says Iran wants to 'destroy' Sunnis - Web

[sabra]

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Iraq Qaeda says Iran wants to 'destroy' Sunnis - Web

DUBAI (Reuters) - An al Qaeda-led group said Iran was trying to destroy Sunni Muslims in Iraq and blasted the Islamic republic for hosting a conference of Iraq's neighbours, according to an Internet statement on Monday.

"Safavids (Shi'ites) in Iran want to support the new Iraqi apostate government to achieve their historic dream to ... destroy Sunnis in Iraq and create the Shi'ite crescent in the region," said the statement by the Mujahideen Shura Council.

"To do that they will compromise with crusaders on their alleged nuclear programme," added the statement posted on a Web site often used by Islamist militants.

The group is leading a Sunni Muslim insurgency against U.S.-led forces in Iraq and the Shi'ite-led Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

[acmavm]

1. Well, it sure does look like they're trying to whittle down the Sunni

population.

Okay, I thought that the Sunni sect had more adherents than the Shi'ites. Is this true and if so, why does none of their Sunni bretheren help them out like the Shi'ites have done? Not that I think it is a good idea, but I've just always been curious about that.

[Turbineguy]

2. So does that mean that they

are playing into Neocon hands instead of the other way around?

[FarrenH]

3. Sunnis comprise most of the world's Muslims,

but in most places in the world they peacefully coexist and recognise each other as legitimate branches of Islam. In Iraq, a multiplicity of factors including Saddam's preferential treatment for the Sunni minority there and suspicion of those who collaborate with the US has led to the interdenominational conflict we're seeing today. I hope that tension doesn't spread, as these things have a way of doing.

[Disturbed]

4. Iran Govt. was real pleased with the US/UK

illegal Invasion of Iraq.

[bemildred]

5. Al Qaeda does not lead the Sunni resistance.

Nor does it lead "groups". Nor does Iran need to get rid of the Iraqi Sunni to form it's Shi'ia crescent with most of the oil. Nor does Iran intend to compromise it's nuclear ambitions. This story is probably propaganda, and in any case it is crap.