The Great Sunni Hope.

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    • Subject Terms:
      IRAQ
    • Subject Terms:
      AL-Yawer, Ghazi Mashal Ajil; ALLAWI, Ayad, 1945-
    • Abstract:
      Examines the chances that Iraq interim President Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer can win the election in 2005. Role of al-Yawer as the highest-ranking Sunni and the sheik of Iraq's most powerful tribe; History of Sunni rule in the country; Concerns that if the elections are not put back, Sunni vote could be light and al-Yawer might not win; Building of a political base by al-Yawer which potentially makes him very powerful; Background on the man who has often been overshadowed by Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.