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| Iraqi Shia groups forge poll alliance | |
| 2005-10-28 | |
Iraq's ruling Shia Muslim-led coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance, will contest December's parliamentary election as a single electoral list. Foreign officials said on Thursday that talks late into the night had resolved arguments that had threatened to break-up the coalition.  Among changes agreed, the movement of nationalist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr would have a more formal role in the alliance, Abbas al-Bayati, an Alliance member of parliament, told Reuters.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 when you're as holy as Sistani is, you dont have to give reasons for what you do :) And thats only have facetious = I havent seen an explanation, and I dont expect to see one. I would suspect hes trying to distance himself and the Margiya (sp?) from the UIA, which seems to have been less successful in governance than many hoped. Chalabi pushed out of UIA? First ive heard of that. |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-10-28 14:33 |
| #2 What was Sistani's reasoning though LH? To distance himself from politics as he has said he would do, or because of other political reasons. And Chalabi was bascially run out of the organization wasn't he? EP |
| Posted by: ElvisHasLeftTheBuilding 2005-10-28 14:29 |
| #1 notes 1. Chalabi has broken with the UIA and is running on his own 2. Sistani is NOT endorsing the UIA list this time |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2005-10-28 14:24 |