The most significant challenge facing the U.S. in an increasingly unstable Middle East today is understanding the rise of the Shi’ites across the region. The U.S. invasion of Iraq unleashed a process of Shi’ite empowerment that won’t be confined to that country: From Lebanon to the Persian Gulf, through peaceful elections and bloody conflicts, the Shi’ites are making their presence felt. The headlines of 2006 have been dominated by the likes of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army as sectarian warfare surged in Iraq; by Hizballah, emboldened by its summer war with Israel to challenge Lebanon’s fragile political order; and by Iran’s defiance of international demands over its nuclear program.
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Behind the Rise of the Shi’ites
Posted by Matt in December 19th, 2006
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