landscape; Al-Sadr Movement [Muqtada
Al-SADR]; Da'wa Party [Ibrahim al-JA'FARI]; Iraqi Hizballah [Karim
Mahud al-MUHAMMADAWI]; Iraqi National Accord or INA [Ayad ALLAWI];
Iraqi National Congress or INC [Ahmad CHALABI]; Jama'at al Fadilah
or JAF [Ayatollah Muhammad ' Ali al-YAQUBI]; The Supreme Council for
the Islamic Revolution in Iraq or SCIRI [Abd al-Aziz al-HAKIM];
Constitutional Monarchy Movement or CMM [Sharif Ali Bin al-HUSAYN];
Independent Iraqi Alliance or IIA [Falah al-NAQIB]; Iraqi
Independent Democrats or IID [Adnan PACHACHI, Mahdi al-HAFIZ]; Iraqi
Islamic Party or IIP [Muhsin Abd al-HAMID, Hajim al-HASSANI]; Iraqi
National Unity Movement or INUM [Ahmad al-KUBAYSI, chariman]; Muslim
Ulama Council or MUC [Harith Sulayman al-DARI, secretary general];
Kurdistan Democratic Party or KDP [Masud BARZANI]; Patriotic Union
of Kurdistan or PUK [Jalal TALABANI]

Political pressure groups and leaders:
an insurgency against the Iraqi Interim Government and Coalition
forces is primarily concentrated in Baghdad and in areas west and
north of the capital; the diverse, multigroup insurgency is led
principally by Sunni Arabs whose only common denominator is a shared
desire to oust the Coalition and end US influence in Iraq

International organization participation:
ABEDA, AFESD, AMF, CAEU, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA,
IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, LAS,
NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO,
WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer), WToO

Diplomatic representation in the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant)
chancery: 1801 P Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
FAX: [1] (202) 462-5066
telephone: [1] (202) 483-7500

Diplomatic representation from the US:
chief of mission: Ambassador John D. NEGROPONTE
embassy: Baghdad
mailing address: APO AE 09316
telephone: 00-1-240-553-0584 ext. 4354; note - Consular Section
FAX: NA

Flag description:
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with
three green five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the
white band; the phrase ALLAHU AKBAR (God is Great) in green Arabic
script - Allahu to the right of the middle star and Akbar to the
left of the middle star - was added in January 1991 during the
Persian Gulf crisis; similar to the flag of Syria, which has two
stars but no script, Yemen, which has a plain white ban