A group of Iraqi youth started to disseminate posts on social networking sites to promote the Civil Democratic Alliance, which comprises Iraqi civil and liberal figures running in the parliamentary elections on April 30. The majority of the alliance’s members advocate the establishment of a civil state, after political Islam took power in Iraq following the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in April 2003.
The Civil Democratic Alliance created a page on Facebook to gather the youth, who make up 40% of Iraqi society. The alliance began to spread its goals and political platforms for the elections.