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January 30, 2005
Shiites Will Likely Dominate Iraq's National Assemby
The Christian Science Monitor's Dan Murphy reports that Ayatollah Ali Sistani "is Iraq's most revered religious figure, and his clout, combined with Shiite demographics, should leave Shiites with the most seats in the National Assembly that will write Iraq's new constitution. Shiites make up about 60 percent of the country's population," he said, "but candidates favored by Shiite voters will probably take more than 60 percent of the seats in the assembly, since turnout in many Sunni Arab areas was low." Read the Monitor article here. Ayatollah Sistani's web site.
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