bushdog
17th February 2005, 15:08
The Sunni population, which under the new form of government, is a minority and are dissatisfied, constitute the majority of the domestic uprising. This is due to many reasons; they constitute approximately twenty percent of the population therefore do not feel like they can gain significant power through elections, feel discontented with the Iraqi interim government, and have strong anti-American feelings. This has led to the boycott of the January 30th election and the insurgency against the Interim Iraq Government.
Early on this uprising was largely made up of former Bath party member but has now taken on a broader goal fighting the American occupation. Under the regime of Saddam Hussein, the Sunnis held the majority of the positions of power and essentially constituted the ruling class. When American troops invaded, they were replaced with peoples of a wider background. For that reason the Sunnis may feel that there will be reprisals from the now Shiite dominated government. The distrust of the interim government is well founded, the former headman Iyad Allawi was known to be on the CIA payroll, and many top officials of the interim government have worked with the US. This may support a notion that the Iraqi government is full of collaborators that serve American rather than Iraqi interests. The Iraqi population also holds a view that is prevalent in the Middle East, that the bush administration has invaded Iraq for economic, political, and strategic reasons that follow the conservative New American Century rather than the desire to see Iraqis liberated. Briefly this is a doctrine that will ensure American dominance in the Twenty-first century through an expanded military and American control of global energy resources (middle eastern oil) through force. Of course not to mention of the resentment due to economic sanctions that have caused an estimate of five hundred thousand Iraqi deaths and the crippling of most civil services during a period of 1990-2003. These causes are major contributors for the boycott of the Jan. 30th elections and the Sunni insurgency.
Early on this uprising was largely made up of former Bath party member but has now taken on a broader goal fighting the American occupation. Under the regime of Saddam Hussein, the Sunnis held the majority of the positions of power and essentially constituted the ruling class. When American troops invaded, they were replaced with peoples of a wider background. For that reason the Sunnis may feel that there will be reprisals from the now Shiite dominated government. The distrust of the interim government is well founded, the former headman Iyad Allawi was known to be on the CIA payroll, and many top officials of the interim government have worked with the US. This may support a notion that the Iraqi government is full of collaborators that serve American rather than Iraqi interests. The Iraqi population also holds a view that is prevalent in the Middle East, that the bush administration has invaded Iraq for economic, political, and strategic reasons that follow the conservative New American Century rather than the desire to see Iraqis liberated. Briefly this is a doctrine that will ensure American dominance in the Twenty-first century through an expanded military and American control of global energy resources (middle eastern oil) through force. Of course not to mention of the resentment due to economic sanctions that have caused an estimate of five hundred thousand Iraqi deaths and the crippling of most civil services during a period of 1990-2003. These causes are major contributors for the boycott of the Jan. 30th elections and the Sunni insurgency.