| 1 | The risk of a vengeful takeover by the Sunni majority is too great. | |
| 2 | Much of the Iraqi insurgency is based in the center and west of the country known as the Sunni triangle. | |
| 3 | The Sunni areas upriver seem to have enough water, Mr. Joda observed, a comment heavy with implication. | |
| 4 | But these Sunni tribesmen are at best fair-weather friends who do not trust and are not trusted by the government in Baghdad. | |
| 5 | Peace is shakiest along the "trigger line" that runs between the Kurdish and Sunni Arab areas in the north-east. |