Dec 13th, 2006 · Saudi Arabia has told the White House that if U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq, the Saudis may provide financial aid to Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority, according to a New York Times report. The White House and the Saudis deny the story -- but it raises questions about Saudi Arabia's relationship with Iraq, a country with which it shares a large border. Michele Norris talks with Gregory Gause, director of the Middle East Studies Program at the University of Vermont.
Keywords: White House · Iraq · director · Michele Norris · country · financial · Sunni · Saudi Arabia · New York Times · Saudi · minority · Sunni Muslim
Aug 25th, 2006 · Hezbollah is touting a "divine victory." The Party of God says it plans to follow the "victory" by helping those made homeless by the war with Israel. But Lebanon's Sunni Muslim, Druze and Christian communities are wary of Hezbollah's new-found prominence, both in Lebanon and in the region.
Keywords: Israel · victory · region · communities · Christian · Lebanon · Wary · Sunni Muslim · Hezbollah · Party of God · Druze
Jun 8th, 2006 · Iraq's Shiite community greets the news of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death with jubilation. Zarqawi, a Sunni Muslim from Jordan, had used his terrorist group to target Iraq's majority Shia community.
Keywords: terrorist · Iraq · community · Shiites · deaths · celebration · Jordanian · Shia · Sunni Muslim · Abu Musab · al Zarqawi · jubilant
May 8th, 2006 · Filal al-Nakib, the former Iraqi interior minister, directed thousands of investigators and police in the first years after the American invasion. Al-Nakib, a Sunni Muslim, was replaced in 2005, after a Shiite coalition came to power. He talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep in Baghdad about policing a country at war.
Keywords: minister · Iraq · country · Americans · invasion · Shiites · Steve Inskeep · Baghdad · interior · 2005 · coalition · investigators
Dec 9th, 2005 · Alex Chadwick speaks to New York Times reporter Ed Wong about the latest developments in Iraq. On Friday, Sunni Muslim clerics used prayer services to call voting in the upcoming elections a "religious duty," and also called for the release of four Western hostages.
Keywords: elections · Iraq · Muslim · religious · Sunni · Alex Chadwick · services · Cleric · New York Times · Hostages · prayers · Ed Wong
Nov 23rd, 2005 · Attackers, reportedly dressed in Iraqi uniforms, kill a well-known Sunni Muslim tribal leader and several of his relatives. The Shiite-controlled government says its forces weren't involved in the deaths, which prompted an angry protest at a Sunni mosque.
Keywords: protests · government · Shiites · deaths · Sunni · Iraqi · relatives · Tribal · uniform · Sunni Muslim · mosque · Attackers
Nov 21st, 2005 · With Iraq's first multi-district elections coming in less than a month, U.S. officials are scrambling to provide support and training to a few key areas -- mostly Sunni Muslim provinces. In Saddam's hometown of Tikrit, angry sheikhs complained that their province is being shortchanged on seats in the new parliament.
Keywords: elections · Iraq · Parliament · U.S · Parliamentary · training · hometown · Scramble · Saddam · province · districts · Sunni Muslim
Oct 14th, 2005 · Iraqis will vote in a referendum on a new constitution Saturday. Madeleine Brand talks about the vote and Sunni Muslim objections to key clauses of the document with Noah Feldman, a New York University law professor and former adviser on constitutional issues in Iraq.
Keywords: Iraq · Madeleine Brand · law · Iraqi · professor · adviser · constitution · Noah Feldman · New York University · Sunni Muslim · referendum · clause
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