POLI 340 Lecture Notes - Black September, Arab Citizens Of Israel, Kurds In Syria
14 Mar 2014
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Aq branch active in north africa which is the offshoot who fought the algerian civil war. theres aqap in arabian peninsula. This division has defined the politics in iraq. Ethno sectarian politics has been deeply powerful there. If u go back to the dictatorship period in iraq (saddam) the line was very fuzzy particularly in baghdad where mum was shia and dad was sunni. Iraqi tribes that are both shia and sunni. Saddams secret police dint bother to record wthr suspects were shia or sunni cos it wasn"t imp then. Cos if you are not on ur side then they kill you. West beirut muslim (shia sunni split within) You can see how minorities are concentrated. modern state formation yes borders are artificial but are not artificial and that by redrawing borders wont work out. Like we ended up with jewish state of israel but the arab israel state dint go away: post-wwi league of nations mandates:
