Bush Adviser Says Iraq Voting No SurpriseWednesday December 21, 2005 1:01 AM
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WASHINGTON (AP) - White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley said Tuesday it is not
alarming or surprising that Iraqi politics are divided along sectarian lines.
"I think a lot of people are going to come back and say, 'Well, there was a lot of sectarian voting.
Shia voted for Shia, Sunnis voted for Sunnis.' This should be no surprise to us, given where this
country is in its political evolution," Hadley said.
Speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Hadley praised the Iraqi plan for
constitutional government following successful national elections last week. He repeatedly stressed
the importance of continued participation by the minority Sunnis, who turned out in large numbers
but whose leaders generally oppose many of the plans and policies of the majority Shiites.
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Separately, Hadley accused Iran of being perhaps the world's greatest exporter of terrorism.
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