Originally Posted by Robbie

Ah okay. I was really only familiar with Sunni's because of Hussein and all his people. And they all seemed very "Western" and "modern" as compared to the Shia people I saw in news footage.

I guess every faction has it's "extremist" element.

I'm also thinking that the actual people of Iraq are with them out of a nationalistic sense of pride...they want their country back from the U.S. installed leader.

But if this story is true...I feel bad for the women there. It's gonna be a nightmare for them.