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Sunnis, Shiites forget differences in exile
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DAMASCUS, Syria -- A dozen Iraqi men, Sunnis and Shiites alike,
sat around a table in a Damascus restaurant, singing, drinking and
sharing a camaraderie all but impossible in the sectarian killing
fields back home.
"We can certainly choose our religious beliefs. But we have to
realize the inevitable, that eventually we have to share everything
in order to live in peace," said Salam Mohammed, a
34-year-old Sunni from Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.
More than 2 million Iraqis have fled their homeland to escape
Sunni-Shiite reprisal killings.
Once they reach the safety of Syria and other ...
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