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Maliki Aide Warns of Postvote Violence if Sunni Group Wins
Maliki Aide Warns of Postvote Violence if Sunni Group Wins
March 25, 2010
BY MARGARET COKER
BAGHDAD—A top aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned that violence would erupt across the majority Shiite country should the Sunni-heavy alliance led by Ayad Allawi win the parliamentary election held earlier this month.
Tensions are rising in response to preliminary vote totals from the March 7 election that indicate a neck-and-neck race between Mr. Maliki’s political coalition and the bloc led by Mr. Allawi in an election seen as a barometer of stability in the fragile democracy.
Final results are due to be released Friday, and Shiites are nervous that they could lose their brief lock on power …
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