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They can be roughly divided into three groups:

• Shi'a groups in the south
• Kurds in the north, organizing Iraqi Kurdistan since 1991
• Arab opposition groups suppressed in Baghdad

Groups include:

• the umbrella group Iraqi National Congress
• two Kurdish factions:
  • Kurdistan Democratic Party
  • Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
• the monarchist group the Constitutional Monarchy Movement
• the Iraqi National Accord
• the Iran-supported Shiite group Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in IraqThe Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq SCIRI is a Shi'a Iraqi opposition group, previously led by Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim and supported by Iran. Ayatollah al-Hakim was killed in a car bomb attack in the Iraqi city of Najaf

Leaders of these groups met with Dick CheneyRichard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941), widely known as Dick Cheney, is an American politician and businessman affiliated with the U. Republican Party. He is currently serving as the 46th Vice President of the United States under George W. Early lif in August 20022002 : January February March April May June July August September October November December A timeline of events in the news for August, 2002. See also Afghanistan timeline August 2002 August 31, 2002 Recent celebrity deaths: Lionel Hampton, jazz vibraph as advocates of the US plan to invade Iraq. The leader of the KDP, Massoud BarzaniMassoud Barzani (born August 16, 1946) is the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. He has been the president of the party since 1996. Barzani led the Kurdistan Democratic Party to establish a government in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) with the, refused to attend, striking a blow to the Bush administration, as Barzani is one of the most influential of the leaders.