Prince Saud argued: "But what I am trying do is say that unless something is done to bring Iraqis together, elections alone won't do it. A constitution alone won't do it." Prince Saud is a son of the late King Faisal and has been foreign minister for 30 years. The prince said he served on a council of Iraq's neighboring countries - Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran and Kuwait as well as Saudi Arabia - "and the main worry of all the neighbors" was that the potential disintegration of Iraq into Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish states would "bring other countries in the region into the conflict." Turkey, he noted, has long threatened to send troops into northern Iraq if the Kurds there declare independence. Iran, he asserted, is already sending money and weapons into the Shiite-controlled south of Iraq and would probably step up its relationship, should the south become independent. Saudi Arabia has long been wary of Iran's influence in the region, given that it is a Shiite theocracy. "This is a very dangerous situation," he said, "a very threatening situation."
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The prospect of a regional war with Sunni against Shiite is a terrifying prospect. The world oil supply could be totally disrupted. The US would very likely have to choose sides. It's hard to imagine the US joining sides with Iran.
Could the Bush Administration be so out of touch with the world that they think they have control of the situation? Or could promoting conflict between Sunni and Shiite have been one of their options all along? Or lately given the intransigence of Iran and the Iraq lost to the Shiites? Given Sistani's recent endorsement of Iran's nuclear program, one has to wonder what Bush is thinking. Will the US have to change sides in Iraq?
Iran News
Concerning the western countries trouble making for Iran in its peaceful nuclear energy program, Ayatollah Sistani's envoy said, " the arrogant powers do not want a powerful and free Iran to emerge as a pattern for the whole Islamic world.
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