"So what? As long as they abide by their own Constitution, there won't be a problem.
The Party that won the most seats in the Dec 2005 elections with 128 seats [41%] out of 275 was the United Iraqi Alliance. The alliance formed in the lead up to the January 2005 elections from mainly Shi'ite groups most importantly the Islamic Al-Da'wa Party and Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. Other important members included the secular Iraqi National Congress led by Ahmed Chalabi, which has since left the coalition, and nuclear physicist Hussain Shahristani. It also included supporters of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who preferred not to back his National Independent Cadres and Elites party, and a number of independent Sunni representatives.
The coalition was widely believed to have been supported by senior Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most widely respected religious figure in Iraq, and although the Ayatollah has offered no official endorsement, many in Iraq understand the UIA to be "al-Sistani's list."
Thanks for proving my point. The government of Iraq is now Shiite dominated and religious fundamentalist dominated in alliance with Iran's fondest hopes. That's why there was an Iran-Iraq summit meeting this week. That's why Iran and Iraq have signed a mutual defense pact and that's why Iran is offering foreign aid to Iraq.
BS. It is not fundamentalist dominated. The UIA holds only 128 of the 275 seats. The UIA is a coaltion of factions including secular types. The Kurds [who are Sunni] and Sunni Arabs hold close to 100 seats in the Council of Representatives. Read the Constitution. There are safeguards against religious persecution. Women can vote and hold public office. To compare Iraq with Iran is nonsense. I lived two years in Iran during the fall of the Shah and the hijacking of the Revoution by Khomeini. Iran has an islamic fundamentalist government, Iraq does not.