Article: Shiites in Iraq show restraint as Sunnis attack

Article: For Gulf Shiites Iraq developments could bring ...
AP Worldstream;  March 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... countries with large Shiite communities ... even violence. Shiites in the Gulf have ... of good from Iraq. They talk with ... accomodations to Shiites in light of the changes in Iraq. Sunni and Shiite clerics in the ... Sunni Islam shuns Shiites as heretics ...

Article: Masked gunmen kill 21 Shiites; Iraq's premier fails ...
AP Worldstream;  June 5, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... BAGHDAD, Iraq Masked gunmen ... separated Shiites from Sunni Arabs ... killed the 21 Shiites "in the name ... predominantly Shiite southern Basra ... Sunday among Iraq's ethnic and ... take control of Iraq's security ... Violence linked to Shiite and Sunni Arab ... arms against ...

Article: Death adds to uncertainty for Shiites ; Iraq's ...
International Herald Tribune;  August 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... uncertainty for Shiites ; Iraq's dominant ... Hakim, 59, a Shiite who had longstanding ... another revered Shiite family, the ... one of the top Shiite spiritual leaders ... Iran's role in Iraq. His close ties ... For many Shiites in Iraq, Mr ...

Article: A Look at Shiites in Iraq
AP Online;  April 17, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... participants, including Shiites, agreed that Iraq must be democratic ... Iraq's largest Shiite group, the exiled ... shrine in southern Iraq to promote Shiite unity. There is also a split between Shiites who stayed in Iraq and those who fled ...

Transcript: Analysis: Shiites in Iraq
Talk of the Nation (NPR);  April 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 2003 Analysis: Shiites in Iraq Host: JOHN YDSTIE ... estimated one million Shiite Muslims participated ... sentiment among Iraqi Shiites. The Shiites, who were brutally ... up 60 percent of Iraq's population. There are concerns a Shiite-dominated government ...

Article: Lebanese Shiites Mourn Iraq Shrine Attack
AP Online;  February 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... thousands of Lebanese Shiites beat their chests ... Muslim shrine in Iraq. The bomb attack on the Shiite shrine Wednesday ... bloody reprisals by Shiites that ensued underlined ... stronghold of the Shiite militant organization. He said Shiites should limit their ... occupation" in ...

Article: Shiites in Iraq unhappy with handling of power
Oakland Tribune;  April 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... disillusioned many of Iraq's Shiites, especially ... about the Shiite-led government ... trappings of Shiite power can ... worse for Shiites who expected ... benefits from Iraq's new politics ... saying that Shiites cannot rule ... way out of Iraq's current ... predicament lies in ...