SHIITES WILL RULE AT LAST.(Editorial)(Column)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: January 26, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: David Hirst

For the first time in centuries, Shiites are about to come into their own as the rulers, or at least the politically dominant community, in a key Arab country -- a transformation that has been inexorably under way since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

In the Arab world, the rulers of all 22 states (except for largely Christian Lebanon) have traditionally hailed from the orthodox Sunni majority. Until now, that has included the two countries, Iraq and Bahrain, where Shiites actually make up the majority. The correction of this anomaly in the Iraqi ...

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