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Article: Seeking a voice; Iraq's Sunni Arabs.(The Sunni Arabs of Iraq)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- January 10, 2004
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It will be hard for Iraq's Sunni Arabs to find strong but peaceful representation
SINCE the American conquest eight months ago, Iraq's Sunni Arabs and Kurds have watched with growing alarm as the Shias' Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has extended his influence over the shaping of a new country. As he issues declarations from his home in Najaf, the Shias' holiest city, from which he has not set foot in over a decade, both the ruling American-led Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and America's Iraqi appointees on the Governing Council scramble to readjust their plans. Meanwhile Iraq's Sunni Arabs, who make up 15-20% of the population but had run the show since the ...