Bush's Sunni puppets hiding out in the Green Zone want us to stay now

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/17/world/middleeast/17sunnis.html?hp&ex=1153108800&en=20dfc317ae88e505&ei=5094&partner=homepage

In an About-Face, Sunnis Want U.S. to Remain in Iraq

By EDWARD WONG and DEXTER FILKINS
Published: July 17, 2006

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 16 — As sectarian violence soars, many Sunni Arab political and religious leaders once staunchly opposed to the American presence here are now saying they need American troops to protect them from the rampages of Shiite militias and Shiite-run government forces.

The pleas from the Sunni Arab leaders have been growing in intensity since an eruption of sectarian bloodletting in February, but they have reached a new pitch in recent days as Shiite militiamen have brazenly shot dead groups of Sunni civilians in broad daylight in Baghdad and other mixed areas of central Iraq.

The Sunnis also view the Americans as a “bulwark against Iranian actions here,” a senior American diplomat said. Sunni politicians have made their viewpoints known to the Americans through informal discussions in recent weeks. snip

A year ago, the party of Tariq al-Hashemi, a hard-line Sunni Arab who is one of Iraq’s two vice presidents, was calling for the immediate withdrawal of foreign troops.

“The situation is different now,” Mr. Hashemi said. “I don’t want the Americans to say bye-bye. Tomorrow, if they were to leave the country, there would be a security vacuum, and that would lead inevitably to civil war.”



The NYT really blows. They haven't changed a bit since they helped Bush and his minions get us involved in this illegal war.