Iraqi opposition (pre-2003)
There were a number of groups in Iraq opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein.
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They can be roughly divided into three groups:
- Shi'a groups in the south
- Kurds in the north, organizing in Iraqi Kurdistan since 1991
- Arab opposition groups suppressed in Baghdad
Groups include:
- the umbrella group Iraqi National Congress
- Three Kurdish factions:
- Kurdistan Democratic Party
- Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
- Islamic Movement of Kurdistan
- the monarchist group the Constitutional Monarchy Movement
- the Iraqi National Accord
- the Iran-supported Iraqi Shi'a groups Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council and Islamic Dawa Party