New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

Posted on 05/10/2004 by Juan

New Sunni-Shiite Political Grouping

Several readers asked me what I thought of the al-Jazeerah article about the formation of a new pan-Iraqi, Pan-Islamic group that will work to end US occupation and refuses to recognize the Interim Governing Council or any government appointed by the US. My answer is that so far this is 500 persons, and we don’t know yet whether it is significant. There are already 50 political parties in Iraq, most of which are obscure to the American audience. This is one more. We’ll see if it amounts to anything.

One thing the conference showed was that even though Muqtada has lost support among Shiites he has gained support from some Sunnis.

0 Retweet 0 Share 0 StumbleUpon 0 Printer Friendly Send via email

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off | Print

Comments are closed.

New Sunni Shiite Political Grouping

Posted on 05/10/2004 by Juan

New Sunni-Shiite Political Grouping

Several readers asked me what I thought of the al-Jazeerah article about the formation of a new pan-Iraqi, Pan-Islamic group that will work to end US occupation and refuses to recognize the Interim Governing Council or any government appointed by the US. My answer is that so far this is 500 persons, and we don’t know yet whether it is significant. There are already 50 political parties in Iraq, most of which are obscure to the American audience. This is one more. We’ll see if it amounts to anything.

One thing the conference showed was that even though Muqtada has lost support among Shiites he has gained support from some Sunnis.

0 Retweet 0 Share 0 StumbleUpon 0 Printer Friendly Send via email

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off | Print

§ Leave a Reply

  • Juan Cole

    Juan Cole

    Welcome to Informed Comment, where I do my best to provide an independent and informed perspective on Middle Eastern and American politics.

    Informed Comment is made possible by your support. If you value the information and essays, I make available and write here, please take a moment to contribute what you can.

  • IC Destinations



  • Keep up with Informed Comment at:

  • Donate to Global Americana Institute

    Donate to the Global Americana Institute to support the translation into Arabic of books about America.
  • Friends and Interlocutors:

  • Recent Posts

  • Recent Comments

  • Archives

  • Categories