Iraq Vote Means Shi'ites Must Seek Allies
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Shi'ites may have won the lion's share  of the vote in Iraq's elections but the main alliance will  still have to find new allies if it wants a majority in the new  parliament and to secure passage of a new constitution.  And while Sunni Arabs, who for decades provided Iraq's ruling  elite, failed to win more than a slither of the vote and will  be marginalized in the National Assembly, they still have to be  brought on board for the constitution to be agreed.
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Description: After two months of negotiations, a major Iraqi electoral alliance forms, dominated by the country&#39;s main Shiite political parties.
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The people of Najaf, the symbolic heart of Shiite Islam, came out in force to vote in Sunday's election.
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BAGHDAD -- Under the guidance of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite cleric, Shi'ite parties presented a list yesterday of 228 candidates for next month's elections. Minority Sunni Arabs, who had been favored under Saddam Hussein, must decide whether to join the race or renounce a vote that will help determine the country's future.
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As US and British influence in Southern Iraq wanes, rival Shi'ite militias are vying to assert their supremacy
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Iraq's elections will be legitimate if  roughly half the Sunni Arab minority votes despite threats of  violence, a leading politician in the Shi'ite alliance expected  to dominate the polls said on Saturday.
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A Shi'ite alliance won Iraq's first  election since Saddam Hussein's overthrow, sealing the new  political dominance of the country's long-oppressed majority.
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Middle Eastern governments say they hope to establish good relations with whatever leadership emerges from Iraq's landmark election but expressed concern over the low Sunni Muslim turnout and the rise in Shiite Muslim influence.
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Iraq&#39;s Shia Muslims have joined forces to create the countryâs first serious post-war political coalition, which could well sweep to power in elections scheduled for the end of next month.
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Iraqis were due to hear the results of  their first postwar election on Sunday, two weeks after the  vote likely to have confirmed Shi'ite political dominance and  marginalized the restive Sunni Arab minority.
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In less than five weeks, Iraqis hope to elect their own government. But before a single vote has been cast, the results are in. The Shiites have won.
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A member of the Shia alliance which took most of the vote in Iraq calls for national unity to build a new state.
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Last weekend's Baghdad talks brought the U.S. and Iran together in the same room. Now Washington must realize that even its moderate Arab allies want to engage Tehran
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Muqtada al-Sadr's decision to withdraw from the Shiite bloc is the most dramatic sign of the transformation in Iraqi politics. Old alliances are fraying, new ones are forming.
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With three months left before a landmark election, a group of hard-line Sunni Muslim clerics may hold the key to Iraq's future.
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A sectarian split is a risk in Iraq's Jan. 30 election.
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Shia Muslim candidates have won the majority of votes in Iraq's elections. Send us your reaction.