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The Mujahidin appears to be SAIRl's primary
military wine. It was established in 1979 and is led by
Abel al-Aziz ai-Hakim. youneer brother or SAIRI
Muhammad al-
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The Iranians also appear to have considerable control
over the Islamic Action Oreanization (lAO). The
croup is also known as the Islamic Work Oreanization
or Amal but is distinct from the terrorist Amal &rouP
in Lebanon. The lAO, an offshoot and rival of Dawa,
is'heaCled by Mubammad Taqi al-Modarasi. an
Iranian who ha..~ close ties to Ayatollah Khomcini.
The lAO has conducted terrorist openllions insi.sfe
and outside Iraq. but none is known 10 have been
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We ICC little ebancc of an effective Shia Gw
movement emcrcinc rrom the badly splintered rebels.
The chasms between them appear too numerous and
too wide to be easily brideed. The emcrlcnoe of a
native Iraqi Shi. leader with widespread popular
support amonl Iraq's Shias w~ld improve the rebels'
prospects, but Iran probably would view him as a
ch&lIence 10 its authority and uooetinine his
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Iraqi Shia dissidents racc a dilemma. Without Iranian
backine and a presence in Iran. indcpc:ndent croups
would be too wcalc and too distant to build an
effective movement inside Iraq. The acceptancc of
Iranian backinc and control. however. antaconius
many Iraqi Shia leaders and taints the lroup5, in the
eyes or Iraq's Arab Sbias who hold a dccp-~cd
animositY.lainst Ihe Persians . .,.. b..::>
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