Thousands mourn Iraqi Shia leader Aug 30, 2009
Born circa 1950, died 26 August 2009 Leader of Islamist Shia party Sciri, later SIIC, since 2003 Backed by Tehran, but maintaining close ties to its arch-rival Washington Lost six of his seven brothers and 50 extended family members in resistance to Saddam Hussein ... He took control of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (Sciri - which later became SIIC) after Muhammad Baqr was assassinated. (BBC News)
Iraq Shia leader mourned in Iran Aug 28, 2009
Born circa 1950, died 26 August 2009 Leader of Islamist Shia party Sciri, later SIIC, since 2003 Backed by Tehran, but maintaining close ties to its arch-rival Washington Lost six of his seven brothers and 50 extended family members in resistance to Saddam Hussein ... He took control of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (Sciri - which later became SIIC) after his brother was assassinated in Najaf in 2003 ... In 2007, the party changed its name from Sciri - the Supreme... (BBC News -- Africa)
Al-Hakim's death unsettles Iraqi politics Aug 28, 2009
In 1982, Ayatollah Khomeini formed the Iraqi expatriates into the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq ... For some odd reason, conservative Republicans in the United States went wild with joy that Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and his Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq had become Iraq's power broker. (Salon)
Mourning in Iran, Iraq for Shiite leader Aug 28, 2009
" Iraqi Shiites were suppressed under the Hussein regime, which favored the country's minority Sunni Muslims. Al-Hakim played a central role in shaping Iraq's future following his return. During his exile, which began in the early 1980s, al-Hakim commanded the Badr Brigades, the military wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI. SCIRI -- a religious opposition movement to the Hussein regime -- was led by al-Hakim's brother until he was assassinated in August 2003.... (CNN -- World)
Iraq Shia leader dies of cancer Aug 27, 2009
He took control of the Sciri party (later SIIC) after his brother was assassinated in Najaf in 2003 ... ABDUL AZIZ AL-HAKIM Born circa 1950, died 26 August 2009 Leader of Islamist Shia party Sciri, later SIIC, since 2003 Back by Tehran, but maintaining close ties to its arch-rival Washington Lost six of his seven brothers and 50 extended family members in resistance to Saddam Hussein ... Some time after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, the party changed its name from Sciri - the Supreme Council... (BBC News)
Top Iraqi Shiite leader dies of cancer Aug 27, 2009
During his exile, which began in the early 1980s, al-Hakim commanded the Badr Brigades, the military wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq. SCIRI -- a religious movement that opposed the Hussein regime -- was led by al-Hakim's brother until he was assassinated in August 2003. (CNN -- World)
Iran's Next Supreme Leader? Jul 30, 2009
After Sadr's execution in 1980, Shahroudi permanently moved to Iran, where he founded and for a while led the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI, currently known as ISCI. In 1996 Shahroudi joined the hard-line Guardian Council as a jurist. Finally, in 1999 he was appointed by Khamenei to take the helm at the Iranian Judiciary, a post he has held continuously up until now. (CBS News)
The Weekly Show Jun 16, 2009
One traces Shiite Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's recent efforts to lessen Iran's influence all the way back to its source: Iran's forcible reorganization, in the early 1980s, of Maliki's Islamic Dawa Party into the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq. At the time, Maliki and others stayed with Dawa. (Slate)
