Sekrit NYTIMES.COM Undocumented Feature!

If you're anything like me, you hate our president. But you can sympathize with the ol' Dubya on one subject.

It is so hard to tell all them ay-rabs apart! Sunni? Shia? What's the difference!?

The New York Times has come to the rescue through their online edition on this conundrum and many other brain-burning toughies.

If you're not sure about the meaning of a word, or need more information about a topic, just double click on the word in the story! A new window will pop up (so as not to browse you away from the article you're reading) giving you that extra brain boost you need to understand just exactly why all those crazy guys overseas can't stop killing each other long enough to get a functional government in place.

(For the curious, Sunni Arabs believe that succession from Muhammad is not necessarily based on heredity, while the Shia believe that succession of Islamic leaders should descend from Ali, son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad.)

Glad that's cleared up. No wonder they want to kill each other so bad! That's quite an important issue!

(Tested on Firefox 2.0.0.3 and Safari 2.0.4. Works on Firefox, doesn't on Safari.)