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Sectarian violence may be down, but Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds remain wary of the future and one another.
Los Angeles Times
Call it distrust, fear, wariness or suspicion. Even now, with violence down about 80% in the last year, the sense of uncertainty is epidemic among Iraqis. That has not changed since I first spotted Khalil's store, and it is proving one of the most stubborn challenges to Iraq's recovery.
"If I was pressed to define Iraq, in a word that would be 'fear' -- another way of saying 'distrust,' " U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said last month during an interview. Crocker repeated a phrase he has uttered before in describing the wariness among Shiites, Sunnis and minority ethnic Kurds here.
"The Shiite are afraid of the past," Crocker said, referring to the repression of Shiites by previous regimes, including Saddam Hussein's Sunni-led government. "The Sunnis are afraid of the future -- a future in which they are no longer calling the shots. And the Kurds are afraid of both."
"If I was pressed to define Iraq, in a word that would be 'fear' -- another way of saying 'distrust,' " U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said last month during an interview. Crocker repeated a phrase he has uttered before in describing the wariness among Shiites, Sunnis and minority ethnic Kurds here.
"The Shiite are afraid of the past," Crocker said, referring to the repression of Shiites by previous regimes, including Saddam Hussein's Sunni-led government. "The Sunnis are afraid of the future -- a future in which they are no longer calling the shots. And the Kurds are afraid of both."
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