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The Economist regarded Saddam’s involvement in this reawakening of Islam as “manipulative” but, listening to the government’s response to the suicide bombing—not to mention the news of Nomani’s “martyrdom”—I began to wonder if Saddam was being compliant rather than manipulative, whether he had discovered a power that would have to be appeased rather than suppressed, one that embraced his own Sunni Muslim people as well as the Shia.
The Economist consideraba «manipuladora» la implicación de Sadam en ese despertar del islam, pero, al oír la respuesta gubernamental al atentado suicida —por no hablar de las noticias sobre el «martirio» de Nomani—, empecé a preguntarme si Sadam no estaría siendo sumiso más que manipulador, si no habría descubierto un poder que habría que contemporizar en lugar de reprimir, uno que abarcaba tanto a su propio pueblo musulmán suní como a los chiíes.
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