Forgiveness in Iraq

the problem with war and anarchy is that the victims and their families remain bitter and unforgiving.

The CSMonitor has a story about trying to reconcile enemies.

It stresses the Koran, mediation-- and compensation...
"All the leaders of the big tribes are working for reconciliation between Shiites and Sunnis – we need to solve this problem for our people," says Sheikh Fayeq Hassan al-Taiee, a Shiite peacemaker who wears three rings of the type favored by Shiites, one with a polished white stone the size of a stuffed olive.

"They don't want to return back to killing," says Sheikh Taiee, who is representing Hamoud's family in the blood feud negotiation. "Revenge means killing again, so we decided to seek peaceful ways."