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Such groups have frequently targeted Shiite civilians, in part because of religious differences and because Shiite parties used their ties to the Americans to gain power after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein's Sunni-dominated regime.
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Sheik Ali Salman, the head of Shiite opposition group Wefaq, said portraying the protests as an Iranian-backed Shiite uprising is a "political tactic" by the royal family to win sympathy and support from other Sunni-dominated Gulf monarchies.
In Bahrain, Opposition Can't Agree on Demands Joe Parkinson 2011
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Sunni-dominated Anbar was a scene of frequent attacks by al-Qaida militants until 2008, when local Sunni tribes turned against the group and allied with U.S. forces to improve security in the province.
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Muthana Khalid, adding that his forces were conducting house-to-house searches across the Sunni-dominated agricultural areas in the north of the province.
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Sunni-dominated Anbar was a scene of frequent attacks by al-Qaida militants until 2008, when local Sunni tribes turned against the group and allied with U.S. forces to improve security in the province.
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Sunni-dominated Arab countries, in turn, fear gains by Bahrain's Shiites could allow Iran to expand its influence.
Saudi-Iran split fractures OPEC's dominance of oil market 2011
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It's a Sunni-dominated area that is also home to many Shiite families.
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The gunmen drove the bus a few miles off the main highway in the Sunni-dominated Anbar province.
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The Khalifas are a Sunni family who receives substantial financial and security support from Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia.
Obama Presses Bahrain on Reform Carol E. Lee 2011
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He said the issue of the Sunni-dominated security forces wasn't addressed.
Bahrain's Opposition Says Reform Offer Falls Short Alex Delmar-Morgan 2011
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