Secularists among the believers

"A friend asked me about a recent posting by Iraq the Model that said the Sunni groups had joined up with Ayad Allawi in the post-election negotiations. The question was, does that mean the Sunni groups have been secularized? Well, that's a good question. But the funny thing about the Sunni politicians is that many pretend to be religious. That is, many were active Baathists until literally a couple of years ago.

The New York Times has a story about the curious ideology of some of the insurgents. They are labeled as Sunni fighters, but their motivation is a secular one. And, they are fighting the Zarqawi terrorists. One guerrilla fighter is quoted as saying he's happy when Americans kill members of Al Qaeda."
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