 there were a number of groups in iraq opposed to the regime of saddam hussein. image:littleiraq.png they can be roughly divided into three groups: *shi'a groups in the south *kurds in the north, organizing 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 
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