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| Iraq election results see giant parties fall, unexpected victories |
| 2021-10-13 |
| [Rudaw] Iraq’s parliamentary election, as expected, handed a victory to the Sadrist bloc, but also dealt a major defeat to Iran-backed parties. The Fatih Alliance, led by Hadi al-Amiri of the Badr Organization and supported by a range of pro-Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate militia groups, was the second largest bloc in the outgoing parliament with 48 seats. According to preliminary results from Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), it won just 16 seats in Sunday’s vote. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 later estimate The Sadrist Movement won the election with 73 seats, followed by the Progress Party which had 41, the State of Law Coalition with 37, the KDP with 32, independent candidates winning 20, the PUK finishing with 17, the Azm Alliance with 15, the Fatah Alliance with 14, the Emtidad Movement and Jil Jadid Movement with 9 each, 6 which were won by the Ishraqat Kanoon, the Alliance of National State Forces (which includes the National Wisdom Movement and the Victory Alliance) mustering 5, the Babylon Movement with 4, the Tasmeem and Kurdistan Islamic Movement having 3 apiece, and the Al-Adel Group, the Islamic Virtue Party, the Hoquq Movement, and the Iktidar Watan Movement all with one seat each. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2021-10-13 13:11 |
| #2 leave them to the bushes. GHW for iraq and G for afghanistan. There is no sense invading a country if it doesn't have something you need/want. F'em. They are both muslim countries and if we do anything it should be to destroy them. |
| Posted by: irish rage boy 2021-10-13 11:59 |
| #1 Dominating the Sunni vote, parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi and his Taqaddum Party won 43 seats, while the Azm Alliance of rival business tycoon Khamis al-Khanjar took 20. Halbousi’s formula has relied on supporting infrastructure projects in his hometown of Ramadi, securing public sector appointments for Sunnis in Western and Northern Iraq, and adopting a pragmatic secular approach to Iraqi politics. The rise of both Halbousi and Khanjar has decimated former large Sunni players like the Muslim Brotherhood-influenced Iraqi Islamic Party and the brothers Osama and Atheel al-Nujaifi, who for years overshadowed the Sunni scene in Iraq. However, they were also seen as contributors to the sectarian politics that saw Sunni areas ravaged by the rise of the Islamic State. |
| Posted by: Bertie Crains2651 2021-10-13 08:40 |