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2021-10-13 Iraq
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Iraq election results see giant parties fall, unexpected victories
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[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 spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
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.
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Fatih Alliance and several other Shiite parties issued a statement rejecting the result and announcing their intention to appeal, according to AFP. "We will take all available measures to prevent the manipulation of votes," the statement read.
A spokesperson for Kataib Hezbollah Abu Ali al-Askari, whose Huquq Movement won an estimated two seats, called the election the "biggest fraud and scam against the Iraqi people in recent history."
"We will stand up with firmness and determination to restore things to the right place. We will not allow anyone to persecute or attempt to humiliate the sons of Iraq," he said in a statement published on Telegram channels affiliated with the militias (Popular Mobilization Forces or Hashd al-Shaabi).
The downfall of Fatih was not the only surprise. In the 2018 election, former Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi’s Victory Alliance came in third with 42 seats. This year, he joined forces with Shiite holy man Ammar al-Hakim. They went from a combined 61 seats in 2018 to only six seats as the National State Forces Alliance.
Abadi’s party also signed the statement rejecting the results, according to AFP.
The winner of the election was the Sadrist bloc led by Shiite holy man Moqtada Tater al-Sadr
 ...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival, al-Khoei, assassinated only a few hours after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he's gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry...
who won an estimated 75 seats. The Sadrists will maintain their position as the largest parliamentary bloc, but this time they will be doing it alone. In 2018 election, Sadr’s Sairoon alliance, a coalition with the communist party and other smaller groups, secured 54 seats.
Sadr on Monday claimed victory and, striking a nationalist tone, warned foreign countries not to interfere in the process of forming the government.
Taqadum came a distant second place, a rare achievement for a Sunni party. The party, led by parliamentary speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi, secured 37 seats.
Halbousi in 2018 was a candidate in the pro-Iran Fatih Alliance and was elected speaker of the parliament.
Another surprise was the success of Nouri al-Maliki. He is seen in many corners as the root of Iraq’s current problems that began during his reign as prime minister between 2006 and 2014.
Maliki once led the Iraqi parliament with over 90 seats, but in 2018 suffered a defeat after a split with Abadi and gained only 25 seats. This year, he bounced back with 34 seats.
The early election was held in response to October 2019 protests complaining of corruption and ineptitude among the ruling class and political system. Emtidad was formed out of the Tishreen (October) protest movement and considers itself the true representatives of thousands of people who erupted into the streets in 2019 and brought down the government of former prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi.
Emtidad won eight seats according to the preliminary results. 
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