Helena Cobbin - The Sunnis Unanimously Oppose Attack on Iran

Feb 10, 2007 10:21 Filed in: Nation/World
Helena Cobbin, columnist for the Christian Science Monitor,relates the gist of her conversations with prominent persons in Cairo and reports that Sunnis are unanimously opposed to a U.S. attack on Iran. Further, she states that the animus among Sunnis towards Shiites is eclipsed by anger against the U.S. for its invasion and subsequent bungling of Iraq.

A former Egyptian ambassador rebutted Mr. Hadley's claim that Arab countries feel deeply threatened by Iran's nuclear program. "We have lived beneath Israel's nuclear weapons for many years, so even if Iran gets nuclear weapons it wouldn't be anything new. Anyway, they are not that close to it," he said.

Helena Cobbin: Sunni Arab view of US-Iran tensions: There's virtually unanimous opposition to a US attack on Iran.

Ms. Cobbin's blog, "Just World News," is linked on the sidebar of this page.


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