Likewise, the Iranian state-run Press TV covered Moktada al-Sadr’s address in Tehran in which he urged his Shiite followers to use their votes to help end the occupation. Syria, still overwhelmed with Iraqi refugees, is likely to view internal... Full Article at Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Dish

Early estimates say some of the biggest losers seem to be the Shiite alliance of the Iranian-backed Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council and members of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's party. It looks like they have lost ground among Shiite voters in the... Full Article at Southern California Public Radio

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. In addition to political and financial affiliations with Iran, ISCI leaders reportedly favor velayat-e faqih, which would constitute an end to the current democratic system of Iraq. Persuaded by Tehran, the group led... Full Article at Payvand News of Iran

Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, who campaigned as the head of his State of Law Coalition as the best candidate to ensure security, faced a double challenge at the polls. On one side there was a coalition of Shiite religious parties, including one led by... Full Article at CBS 5

A Sunni, al-Hashemi has quit the Iraqi Islamic Party that he once led and is now running for parliament in a secular coalition led by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, a Shiite. He is arguably the most powerful Sunni Arab politician in Iraq today. ... Full Article at CBS News

It was there that al-Maliki first established himself as a leader willing to go against his fellow Shiites when he routed militias aligned with anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. It was an election day that demonstrated starkly how far the country,... Full Article at St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It was there that al-Maliki first established himself as a leader willing to go against his fellow Shi'ites when he routed militias aligned with anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. It was an election day that demonstrated starkly how far the country,... Full Article at Detroit Free Press

It was there that al-Maliki first established himself as a leader willing to go against his fellow Shiites when he routed militias aligned with anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. It was an election day that demonstrated starkly how far the country,... Full Article at Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

It was there that al-Maliki first established himself as a leader willing to go against his fellow Shiites when he routed militias aligned with anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. It was an election day that demonstrated starkly how far the country,... Full Article at AZ starnet.com

It was there that al-Maliki first established himself as a leader willing to go against his fellow Shiites when he routed militias aligned with anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. It was an election day that demonstrated starkly how far the country, ... Full Article at Long Beach Press-Telegram

It was there that al-Maliki first established himself as a leader willing to go against his fellow Shiites when he routed militias aligned with anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. It was an election day that demonstrated starkly how far the country,... Full Article at Deseret News

It was there that al-Maliki first established himselfas a leader willing to go against his fellow Shiites when he routed militias aligned with anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. It was an election day that demonstrated starkly how far the country, a... Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

It was there that al-Maliki first established himself as a leader willing to go against his fellow Shiites when he routed militias aligned with anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. It was an election day that demonstrated starkly how far the country,... Full Article at Detroit Free Press

"They will not be scared by tanks, bombings and explosions. They fought the British, as it is known, with simple weapons and kicked out the British empires. So this intimidation will not work.” The competition among the main Shiite parties, divided... Full Article at Free Internet Press

It was there that al-Maliki first established himself as a leader willing to go against his fellow Shiites when he routed militias aligned with anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. It was an election day that demonstrated starkly how far the country,... Full Article at WJXX

(AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)Radical Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 6, 2010. Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, in a surprise news conference on the eve of the Iraqi election, has urged... Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

A Sunni, al-Hashemi has quit the Iraqi Islamic Party that he once led and is now running for parliament in a secular coalition led by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, a Shiite. He is arguably the most powerful Sunni Arab politician in Iraq today. In... Full Article at WBAY-TV

Al-Maliki, who has built his reputation as the man who restored order to the country, faced strong challenges from his former Shiite allies, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council and a party headed by anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. He also was... Full Article at NorthJersey.com

Nations that have adversarial relationships with the United States, namely Syria and Iran, viewed the vote largely through the prism of the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Likewise, the Iranian state-run Press TV covered Moktada al-Sadr’s... Full Article at The New York Times