A Shia woman resident of Saddam City grieves for her dead relative who died due to sickness and lack of medicines at a local hospital, April 13, 2003. Humanitarian relief following the war to oust Saddam is urgently needed. Iraq is nearly 70% Shia and was the repressed majority under the Saddam Hussein regime. Analysts believe Shias will now assert themselves rivaling the Sunni ruling elite who profitted under Saddam's regime with both religious fundamentalism or civil strife.