Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Sunnis Not Pleased With Election Results
Unrest is building to the point of near riotous demonstrations among the Sunni Arab population in Iraq. The former ruling sect under Saddam Hussein is alleging vote fraud and is demanding a "do-over" election. Washington is claiming that the Sunnis do not realize that they make up only 20 percent of the population of Iraq.
Jeffrey White, an analyst at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said Sunnis need to come to terms with their minority status, something they never had to confront under fellow Sunni Saddam Hussein and his predecessors.
"Some Sunnis will never accept it," White said.
This does not appear to be the Bush administration's best case scenario playing out after the "successful" national elections in occupied Iraq.
Sunnis Promise More Protest Unless Re-vote Is Taken
