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Iraq conflict leaves Saudi Shia anxious of backlash

By Heba Saleh in Cairo

Published: May 4 2006 03:00 | Last updated: May 4 2006 03:00

In the third of a series on Middle East Shia communities, Heba Saleh reports on fears that sectarian tensions may spread to the kingdom.

The US invasion of Iraq brought the country's long-oppressed Shia to political dominance, reversing hundreds of years of Sunni supremacy and emboldening the downtrodden Shia minority in neighbouring Saudi Arabia to demand equality.

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