February 27, 2006

Primer on Iraqi politics.

Sheik Abdel Majid al-Khoei. Assassinated 2003 by follower of Moktada al-Sadr.
This is a good NY Times article that discusses the competition between Muslim clerics in Iraq and their involvement in politics:

"Younger Clerics Showing Power in Iraq's Unrest." By Robert F. Worth and Edward Wong, 2/26/06 <--- "Iran, Iraq, China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, all connected"." Right Truth, 2/26/06.

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