Iraq election: Nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr claims victory
Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has claimed victory for his nationalist Saeroun movement in Iraq's election./ Mr Sadr, who wants to end US and Iranian influence over Iraq's internal affairs, promised to form a government free from foreign interference./ Partial results showed Saeroun winning 73 of the 329 seats in parliament and Sunni Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi's Taqaddum coalition second with 38./ The pro-Iranian Fatah alliance suffered a surprise setback, getting only 14./ It is likely to take many weeks of negotiations to build a ...
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