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Saudi Arabia Tries to Douse Sectarianism
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February 2, 2007
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AWWAMIYA, Saudi Arabia - They rattle the town with the sound of automatic weapons fire into the air, celebrating weddings. They wear tiny pictures of Hezbollah leaders. Residents say these are signs of a small core of Shiite extremists in this impoverished town.
Moderate Saudi Shiites worry that Iran or other outsiders could use the extremists to stir up trouble in mainly Sunni Saudi Arabia - or that the militants could prompt a backlash from Sunni hard-liners - either way, giving the government a reason to clamp down on the Shiite minority.
The Saudi government almost never comments about the possibility of restiveness among its Shiites, but it is likely concerned about it.
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