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image by Zoltan Horvath, 20 June 2014
"The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI or SIIC) (Arabic: المجلس الأعلى
الإسلامي العراقي
- Al-Majlis Al-A'ala Al-Islami Al-'Iraqi), (previously the party
was known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq
(SCIRI)) is
an Iraqi Shia Islamist Iraqi political party. It was estabilished in Iran in
1982 after the leading Islamist insurgent group, Islamic Dawa Party, was
severely weakened by an Iraqi government crackdown following Dawa's unsuccessful
attempt to assassinate Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. SCIRI was the umbrella
body for two Iran-based Shia Islamist groups, Dawa and the Islamic Action
Organisation. Today its political support comes from Iraq's Shi'a Muslim
community. The Council was formerly known as SCIRI, but in a statement released
on May 11, 2007 SCIRI officials announced the Islamist party would change its
name to reflect what they called the changing situation in Iraq, removing the
word "Revolution" because that was seen as a reference to overthrowing the
Ba'athist government. "Our name will change to the Supreme Islamic Iraqi
Council. Other things will change as well," said the SCIRI official.".
Previously ISCI's militia wing was the Badr Brigade, where the party used it during
the Iraq Civil War of 2006-2007. After the civil war, Badr Brigade
turned into a
political force of itself and left ISCI, although the two continue to be part of
a coalition in Iraq's parliament. After the departure of Badr Brigade, ISCI
created a new militia called the "Knights of Hope".
For additional information go to: ISCI
(official website)
Esteban Rivera, 17 June 2014
The New York Times of October 12, 2006, has a photo of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of the dominant Shiite bloc in the Iraqi parliament. He is seated in front of two flags – the Iraqi national flag, and an unidentified one which I do not recognize. See http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/12/world/middleeast/12iraq.html.
The flag is a dark green (if the photo and my monitor are reliable) with an
emblem and script in white. The emblem is mostly obscured, but from the little
bit visible it may be the emblem of Mr. al-Hakim's party – the Supreme Council
for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI). A full-color version of the SCIRI
emblem is available at Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCIRI.
Ned Smith, 17 October 2006
The party's flag is seen
here.
Esteban Rivera, 17 June 2014
