Quote Originally Posted by MikeF View Post
That seems to match what I observed in Iraq circa 2006-2007 to some degree.
Although what is interesting about Iraq is the extent to which there wasn't large-scale Shi'ite violence directed against Sunnis until after the February 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing. Indeed, through 2003-2006 both Kurdish and Shiite orientations towards the Sunni minority were remarkably restrained, despite both past history and ongoing AQI violence against Shi'ites in particular.