Liberals hit back at Iraq's new Islamists

Liberals hit back at Iraq's new Islamists

Secular groups try to stop prime ministerial candidate with suspected links to Iran, as political gridlock worsens

Michael Howard in Baghdad
Tuesday March 29, 2005

Guardian

Leading secular and liberal groups have launched a counter-attack against what they say is the undue influence of hardline Shia Islamists and Iran's theocracy on the formation of Iraq's new government.