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Blogs Cliopatria Ed Moise: Kurds Can Be Sunnis, too

Feb 12, 2004

Ed Moise: Kurds Can Be Sunnis, too

by Cliopatria

To the Editor:

To say that the new Iraqi Governing Council includes 13 Shiites, 5 Sunnis, and 5 Kurds ("A New Government in Iraq," July 14) is misleading. Most Kurds in Iraq, and at least 4 of the 5 Kurds on the Governing Council, are Sunnis.

It would be more accurate to say that the council includes 13 Shiite Arabs, 5 Sunni Arabs, and 5 Kurds.

Edwin E. Moise
Clemson, SC
July 14, 2003