"south" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In return, they may obtain a reduced role for the de-Baathification commission so unpopular with their constituents and perhaps some flexibility from Shiite leaders on the degree of autonomy to be sought by the oil-rich south.
- ELECTRICITY - A concentration of power plants in the oil-rich south also allows it to produce a disproportionate share of the nation's spotty electrical power.
- Any violent struggle between the Mahdi Army and Supreme Council could provoke anarchy throughout the entire Arab Shiite zone, including Iraq's holy cities and the oil-rich south.
- One group of observers said that at one polling station in Yenagoa, in the oil-rich south, where 500 people were registered to vote, more than 2,000 votes were counted.
- The Sunnis said they feared that allowing the Shiites to set up a huge autonomous area in the oil-rich south could be the first step in the dissolution of the country.
- A1 One of Iraq's most powerful Shiite politicians backed demands for the formation of a semi-independent region in the oil-rich south, adding fresh turmoil to the drafting of the new constitution.
- Sunni political leaders have refused to agree to the draft constitution in large part because a Shiite proposal would create a vast autonomous region in Iraq's oil-rich south.
- The show of force came a week after Shi'ite militiamen killed 20 Iraqi troops in a battle that highlighted violent power struggles between rival Shi'ite factions in the oil-rich south.
- Mr. Allawi's group is concerned about what its members describe as an Islamist-minded coalition of the majority Shiites that is pushing for a large autonomous region in the oil-rich south.
- The Supreme Council and some other Shiite groups have pushed for the right to carve out an autonomous Shiite state in the oil-rich south, similar to Iraqi Kurdistan.
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