|
|
Article: Iraq & Its Sunni Arabs - The Challenges Of Terrorism - Part 5C.
- Article from:
- APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East
- Article date:
- November 14, 2005
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2005 Input Solutions. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
In one of the first signs that Sunni Arabs outside mainstream parties are moving into politics at the grass-roots level, tribal leaders and academics on Nov. 5 announced a movement to capture Sunni Arab votes in parliamentary elections on Dec. 15. The Sunni Arabs in Iraq are a minority accounting for 15-20% of the population. The Shi'ite Arabs are a majority of about 60%. The Kurds in the north are a minority of strategic importance to the US and other Western powers as well as to Israel.
Hundreds of people on Nov. 5 met in Ramadi, capital of the western province of Anbar, Iraq's only governorate populated overwhelmingly by Sunni Arabs, and unveiled the National ...