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Iraq PM forms new bloc to fight election: official
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has formed a new political bloc to fight a general election scheduled for January, a senior official in his Dawa party said on Thursday.
- AP
- Published: 12:32 October 1, 2009
Baghdad: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has formed a new political bloc to fight a general election scheduled for January, a senior official in his Dawa party said on Thursday.
Hassan Al Sined told a conference in central Baghdad that the new electoral list would be comprised of 40 political parties and movements, including Shiite, Sunni and minority groupings.
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