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Upset Vote Reshapes Iraq
Scramble Is On to Form a Ruling Coalition as Minority Sunnis Take First Place
By
MARGARET COKER
BAGHDAD—Ayad
Allawi's predominantly Sunni alliance won Iraq's national election,
narrowly edging out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's list to become the
largest bloc in the country's next parliament, and kicking off a scrum
among political and religious blocs to
form a majority government.
The Allawi upset threatens to end the lock on power that Iraq's
majority Shiites have enjoyed since 2003 after decades of oppression
under the Sunni-led government of Saddam Hussein, and could severely
test the country's fragile institutions. In the two weeks between the
March 7 election and the vote tallies Friday, Shiite politicians warned
of violence should their parties lose the election.
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