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Will Shiites control the new Iraq? ... What are the main religious differences among Iraq's Shiites? ... In addition to Iraq, Shiites are in the majority in Lebanon and Bahrain. Shiism is the state religion in Iran.
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www.cfr.org/background/background_iraq_shiites2.php
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In Iraq, Shiites are a majority. The vast majority of Kurds are Sunnis. Turkmen are mostly Sunni. Within the Arab population of Iraq, the Sunni and Shiite doctrines are not related in any way to any ethnic or racial differences.
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glimpseofiraq.blogspot.com/2005/02/sunni-shiite-iraq.ht...
glimpseofiraq.blogspot.com/2005/02/sunni-shiite-iraq.html
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Iran also fears that her people may want changes in government if democracy in Iraq is successful.; 4. What do Shiites in Southern Iraq fear about America establishing the democracy in Iraq? ;
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www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/iraq/et...
www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/iraq/ethnic.html
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U.S. Troop Casualties in Iraq ... Iraq working for release of Americans held in Iran ... US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,364...
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This project conceals a major uncertainty for the future of Iraq: Who will take Hussein’s place, if in fact he is “removed?” In this discussion the central issue, the role of Iraq’s Shiites is much too infrequently considered.
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www.worldpress.org/Mideast/817.cfm
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With the threat of sectarian strife hanging over Iraq's transition, punctuated by mosque takeovers in the southern city of Basra, an explosion at a small Sunni mosque in Baghdad, and the press rife with talk ... Hussein worked assiduously to divide Sunni, the national minority who benefited most from his rule, and Shiites,
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www.csmonitor.com/2004/0106/p08s01-woiq.html
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Analysts of Iraqi affairs see no reason for such an escalation while the U.S. military arms terrorist militias on the pretext of fighting al-Qaeda, except for the fact that the American agenda now requires Iraqis to enter into an open confrontation with Iran by making Iraq's Shiites into scapegoats.
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watchingamerica.com/sotaliraq000003.shtml
watchingamerica.com/sotaliraq000003.shtml
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Osama bin Laden in a tape posted on the Web encourages Sunnis in Iraq to retaliate against Shiites, deviating from al Qaeda's stand of not promoting sectarian violence. ... Al-Zarqawi had been criticized for inciting sectarian violence by targeting Iraq's Shiites. Last year bin Laden's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri,
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www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/02/binladen.message/ind...
www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/02/binladen.message/index.html
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Beirut, Hezbollah, Iran, Iraq, Khamenei, Lebanon, Mujaheddin-e Khalq, Nasrallah, Shiites, Tehran, Beirut / Baghdad - More than 300,000 Shiite Muslims from southern Iraq have signed a petition condemning Iran for fomenting violence in Iraq, according to a group of Shiite sheiks leading the campaign. ... "The Iranians, in fact,
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yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/11/shiites_in_iraq.php
yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/11/shiites_in_iraq.php
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