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the Shi'ite kingdom of Persia under Abbas the Great was quite prepared to ally with European states against the Ottomans.

S. officials have blamed the uptick on Shi'ite militias backed by Iran who are trying to take credit for driving American forces from Iraq.

Will the Shi'ite resolve hold? Short of the destruction of another major religious site, it's hard to see them taking al-Qaeda's bait.

In London, analyst Chris Doyle says Sunnis have long felt sidelined by the country's Shi'ite-led government.

Meanwhile, there was a bombing in a vegetable market in Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr City, with dozens of casualties.

Petraeus and the U. S. military have been blaming Iran's Quds special forces for masterminding Shi'ite militia violence against the U. S.

Authorities said Friday at least 90 people have been injured in street battles between police and armed Shi'ite fighters.

But he was smart enough to encourage and fund the Anbar Awakening, even though Iraq's Shi'ite-dominated central government was opposed.

If this sectarian behavior is not stopped, sooner or later it may result in a resumption of calamitous Sunni-Shi'ite violence.

Earlier Wednesday, a Taliban bombing near a Shi'ite mosque in Karachi killed at least one person.

Bullet holes mark a door of a small shop in Sadr City, the fiefdom of the Madhi Army militia, loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Several officials are accusing the U. S. and Israel of masterminding the bloody explosions at a Shi'ite mosque.

Shi'ite pilgrims from both Iraq and Iran frequent the shrine, and a tour-bus was reportedly damaged by the explosion.

Initial returns showed a strong lead for a coalition of Shi'ite groups.

Ayatollah Hakim was the leader of the main Iraqi Shi'ite group opposed to Saddam Hussein.

Pakistani officials say a suicide bombing killed at least 43 people Friday in the second attack on the country's Shi'ite minority this week.

It's not entirely clear to me why it's important whether Iran is increasing the amount of weapons it's shipping to Shi'ite militias in Iraq.

Protesters from Bahrain's majority Shi'ite population have been demanding political reforms from the minority Sunni government.

The suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a Shi'ite rally expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Al-Jazeera television recently showed how a Facebook page helped lead officials to a twenty-year-old Shi'ite woman.

Iraqi officials say bombings and other attacks have killed at least 23 people in mainly Shi'ite areas of the capital, Baghdad.

Earlier in the week, bombings in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad killed at least 44 people.

The Shi'ite leaders of the commission say the candidates have ties to the outlawed Ba'ath Party of former leader Saddam Hussein.

The Shi'ite Hezbollah has traditionally had bad relations with Sunni Arab Saudi Arabia, as well as with Egypt and Jordan.

Sunday dawned in Baghdad's Green Zone with a barrage of mortars courtesy of Shi'ite militiamen.

It has outwardly Shi "ite Islamic elements, but is really a Shamanic-Pantheistic faith. "

PROCESSION IN KABUL: Afghan Shi'ite Muslims flagellated themselves with chains during an Ashura procession in Kabul Thursday.

General Ham said Iraq's government has proved in recent weeks its willingness and ability to take on insurgents, including Shi'ite militias.

This summer, in a familiar pattern, bombers struck in Shi'ite neighborhoods across Baghdad.

"Accusing a Shi'ite group of killing a Sunni leader leads to a catastrophe, " Ali Khreiss, a Shi'ite MP and ally of Hizballah said Tuesday.

However, violence has intensified in Iraq since Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki ordered a crackdown on Shi'ite militias in Basra last month.

Already, well-armed security forces that pose as independent are riddled with militiamen who take direction from Shi'ite leaders.

Efforts at reconciliation between Iraq's rival Shi'ite and Sunni factions have continued since local elections last January.

Firefighters doused the smoldering wreckage of vehicles destroyed by several explosions in the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf Monday.

Hassanyari notes that there has been talk of Sadr eventually taking the place of Iraq's venerable Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani.

But the Shi'ite-dominated government appears to be breaking that promise.

It would be not only Shi'ite versus Sunni . . . but [war] inside each community itself.

With Shi'ite Muslims now in power in Baghdad, ties have strengthened between the two oil-producing states since 2003.

It's probably no coincidence that the government departments targeted on Sunday are known to be Shi'ite-dominated.

Last month, the Jordanian-born Sunni extremist went even further, declaring an all-out war to kill Iraq's majority Shi'ite Muslims.

The Iraqi Cabinet approved the pact Sunday, after a bitter and protracted debate and the obstruction of several influential Shi'ite leaders.

The ministry said it believes the group was planning attacks during upcoming Arbaeen Shi'ite holy celebrations.

Women wailed to mourn loved ones killed in Thursday's twin suicide bombings at a Shi'ite mosque in Zahedan.

Leading Iraqi Shi'ite cleric holds meeting with Sunni vice president to discuss political unification.

They say 25 other people were wounded in the blast inside a tent where mourners had gathered in a Shi'ite community north of Baghdad.

The Triangle is a Sunni-dominated buffer between the Iraqi capital and the Shi'ite south.

A second suicide-bomber attacked a restaurant frequented by Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims, 80 kilometers north of Baghdad.

Shi'ite parties won more than half of the parliamentary seats in the elections in January.

Also on Saturday, rebels with the Shi'ite Zaidi sect said they shot down a Saudi military helicopter in Yemen.

Muslim clerics at both Shi'ite and Sunni mosques in the town appealed to their congregations to remain calm and avoid violence.

Many Lebanese fear that an indictment of Hizballah personnel could lead to sectarian clashes between rival Sunni and Shi'ite factions.

Two days earlier, a triple bombing at a Shi'ite religious procession in the eastern city of Lahore killed 35 people.

The Shi'ite group Hezbollah accused Mr. Biden of "meddling in Lebanon's internal affairs. "

Iraqi authorities say clashes between Shi'ite militias and Iraqi security forces have left 15 people dead in the southern city of Amara.

And what of Iran, which apparently continues to aid and abet both Shi'ite and Sunni insurgent groups with IEDS and other weapons?

Men kneel outside a mosque during Friday prayers in Sadr City, a mostly Shi'ite enclave in Baghdad.

Washington accuses Iran of arming, funding and training Shi'ite militias in Iraq.

The attack in Sadr City Friday comes as Shi'ite Muslims observe the solemn Ashura holiday.

People run for cover after a blast interrupted a Shi'ite procession in Quetta, Pakistan.

Maliki's Shi'ite supporters have also taken to the streets, in what is becoming escalating sectarian strife.

The northern province of Sada, 26 occurred in the armed insurgency against the Shi'ite Jose's car bomb attack, killing 40 people.

The relatives said members of the Shi'ite Mahdi Army militia came to the wife's home on October 23 and dragged Taei into their car.

They represent Sunni, Shi'ite and Sufi schools of Islam.

In early March, a large bomb blast in a Shi'ite neighborhood killed 45 people.

But radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, is threatening to torpedo the vote.

Iranian protesters hold a rally on the Shi'ite mourning day of Ashoura in central Tehran, Iran December 27, 2009.

Imtiaz Raza, a Shi'ite who works in a small street stall, says his family lives in fear.

People react seconds after a suicide blast targeting a Shi'ite Muslim gathering in Kabul, on December 6, 2011.

Civilian casualties mounted, from car bombs and other attacks carried out by Sunni and Shi'ite militias.

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