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Old 08-09-14, 04:49 PM   #15
Dread Knot
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Originally Posted by mapuc View Post
How well would ISIS have succeeded if Saddam still had the power? I somehow recall the headlines from the time where he crushed every uprising in Iraq without mercy.
Given that Saddam was Sunni and ISIS is Sunni there likely would have no uprising to begin with. It was Sunni resentment of Shia rule that sparked the current uprising.
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