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An Iraqi primary election draws crowds but lacks safeguards

An Iraqi primary election draws crowds but lacks safeguards By JENAN HUSSEIN AND MOHAMMAD AL DULAIMY McClatchy Newspapers More News Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr voted in primary elections Friday in an attempt by the radical... Full Article at KansasCity.com

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    Reporting from Baghdad - The Shiite movement loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada Sadr may seem an unlikely standard bearer for democracy in the new Iraq. It owes fealty to a leader whose stature derives from his religious lineage. Full Article at Los Angeles Times

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    An Iraqi primary election draws crowds but lacks safeguards
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    BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Hundreds of thousands of supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr voted in primary elections Friday in an attempt by the radical Shiite Muslim cleric to restore his party's popularity, which was shaken in the last elections early this year. Full Article at Miami Herald

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  1. I don't belong to any party or trend, but I'm here because I'm a Muslim Iraqi, and this practice deserves respect
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  2. I voted because Sayed [master] Muqtada Sadr ordered me to
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 1 month ago
  3. I don't belong to any party or trend, but I'm here because I'm a Muslim Iraqi, and this practice deserves respect
    SOURCE: Miami Herald 1 month ago
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  5. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 17: Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, Army Gen. Wesley Clark (Ret.), testifies during a hearing before the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee November 17, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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  7. ARLINGTON, VA - NOVEMBER 11: U.S. President Barack Obama visits section 60 on Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery November 11, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Section 60 contains the grave sites of servicemen and women who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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