Shiites demonstrated in Basra , Diwaniyah , Karbala , Al-Muthana and Babil provinces . The Shiite demonstrations came after ongoing demonstrations in predominantly Sunni provinces inflamed by the arrest of several guards of Sunni Finance Minister Rafei al-Essawi . They supported Iraqi government and prime minister , opposed sectarianism . - The Sunni tribes of Iraq are not united against the Shia majority.
Shiites demonstrated in Basra , Diwaniyah , Karbala , Al-Muthana and Babil provinces . They supported Iraqi government and prime minister , opposed sectarianism . - The Sunni tribes of Iraq are not united against the Shia majority.