He said he would try to rally the splintered opposition for the elections.

Even officials in the Administration have doubts about the efficacy of supporting the splintered Iraqi opposition.

A badly splintered opposition has a lot to do with the Liberals' strength.

He has recently emerged as Washington's point man in a series of delicate negotiations with Iraq's badly splintered opposition.

Thousands of protesters clashed with the riot police today after a huge anti-Government rally drew together South Korea's splintered opposition and attracted about 300,000 people.

But every winner needs a loser or two to give his victories meaning, and Mr. Kerry's splintered opposition has so far probably helped him more than it has hurt.

Nicaragua's splintered political opposition had mounted a few political demonstrations attracting several thousand people but they had proved unable to capitalize on existing discontent.

The splintered political opposition said it would unite to support a single candidate against the nation's authoritarian president, Aleksandr Lukashenko, in the September election.

IRAQ'S splintered opposition may at last have found its voice.

Yet he managed to win because a badly splintered opposition had divided its support.