Shiites Have Alternative Plans Afp

Juan Cole 02/16/2004

Shiites have Alternative Plans

AFP reports that the Shiites say they have alternative plans for elections if direct elections are declared impossible by the United Nations. They say they will not reveal them at the moment. Some Shiites warned of violence if the community is too deeply disappointed by the UN or US way of proceeding.

About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page