The Formation of the Political Elite in Modern Iraq: The U.S. and Iranian Factors
Origins of U.S. and Iranian Influence on the Iraqi Political Elite Three major events transformed Iraq ... ... Iraqi government and the country’s ethnoreligious groups (mainly the Shiites and the Kurds). Iraq was under an embargo imposed by the United Nations at the time, which limited... ... security system. Despite having some political clout and a few ministerial posts, the Sunnis found themselves marginalized in the new situation and did not have influence...