| Description |
1 online resource (40 pages) : map |
| Series |
Crisis Group Middle East report ; no. 144 |
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ICG Middle East report ; no. 144.
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| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Recommendations. -- Introduction. -- The (re- )making of the Sunni Community. -- The protest movement. -- Waiting for answers. -- Conclusion. -- Appendices |
| Summary |
The question of Sunni Arab participation in Iraq's political order that has plagued the transition since its inception is as acute and explosive as ever. Quickly marginalized by an ethno-sectarian apportionment that confined them to minority status in a system dominated by Shiites and Kurds, most community members first shunned the new dispensation then fought it. Having gradually turned from insurgency to tentative political involvement, their wager produced only nominal representation, while reinforcing feelings of injustice and discrimination. Today, with frustration at a boil, unprecedented Sunni-Shiite polarization in the region and deadly car bombings surging across the country since the start of Ramadan in July, a revived sectarian civil war is a serious risk. To avoid it, the government should negotiate local ceasefires with Sunni officials, find ways to more fairly integrate Sunni Arabs in the political process and cooperate with local actors to build an effective security regime along the Syrian border |
| Notes |
"14 August 2013." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (ICG, viewed August 17, 2013) |
| Subject |
Sunnites -- Political aspects -- Iraq
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Political violence -- Iraq
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Ethnic relations.
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Political violence.
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Politics and government.
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| SUBJECT |
Iraq -- Politics and government -- 2003- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004001807
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Iraq -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
Iraq.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body.
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