A Good Sign
Rand Simberg notes another good sign from Iraq, It looks like the Sunnis might be doing some rethinking about who is the real threat to them.Mithal al Alusi just ran a campaign for a seat on the new parliament while calling for stronger ties between Israel and Iraq, and appears to have won a seat.
In May 2004, al Alusi publicly admitted to visiting Israel the year before and faced repeated assassination attempts apparently provoked by the visit. His only two sons were assassinated in January because of his support of Iraqi-Israeli cooperation, he said.
But he said that some Iraqis are warming to a stronger relationship with Israel, in part because they are frightened of Iran's influence.
"They are afraid of Iran's extremist political system. If Iran were a democracy, they wouldn't be afraid," Alusi said. "We don't have border problems with Israel. We don't have historical problems with Israel," just Iran.
U.S. officials have said that Iranian political groups have funneled money into Iraq trying to influence the Dec. 15 elections.
Attitudes and old prejudices die hard, but threads of hope for this young nation keep on popping up.
posted by Liberty @ 8:56 PM
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