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Originally Posted by Variable
Which apparently doesn't matter as much to them as other divisions - ethnic, religious, tribal whatever. These are the fault lines along which the groups seem to be operating, and those we were talking about. Regardless of how we decide to categorize them, they see themselves as being different from each other.
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I don't think you can say that about the majority of Iraqis. Surely there are people who feel strongly about their ethnic and sectarian affiliations, but it is well known that Iraq is the one country in the Middle East where intercultural marriages between ethnic and religious groups are very, very common.