Al-Sadr demands date for US Iraqi pullout

Shia candidates lead Iraqi poll

Latest partial results show Iraq's main Shia Muslim coalition has maintained a strong lead in the country's landmark elections, officials say.

The results are based on 35% of the ballots cast last weekend.

The United Alliance list, backed by Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, has polled 2.2 million votes out of the 3.3 million counted so far.

The Shia coalition is also ahead in votes cast by Iraqis overseas, according to preliminary results.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), which supervised the absentee ballot, said the United Alliance list had received 36.15% of 263,685 ballots cast overseas.

The Kurdish Alliance list came second, with 78,062 votes, or 29.6% of the expatriate vote and the list of candidates led by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi came third, with 9.15%.

looks like we have a winner!
and he DOESNT want u.s troops in iraq,
like the current pm allawi (with only 9% of peoples support) does.


source:
news.bbc.co.uk

[edit on 5-2-2005 by Souljah]

Originally posted by Souljah
looks like we have a winner!
and he DOESNT want u.s troops in iraq,
like the current pm allawi (with only 9% of peoples support) does.

[edit on 5-2-2005 by Souljah]

So now what, US is going to deal with a group backed by an Iranian Ayatollah, and they are going to be the majority in power.

I think all these "election" pushing is going to back fire on the US.

The Kurdish very clearly advised the US to hold elections, until things were under control.

Bush in his haste to "have elections" and "claim victory" of democracy in Iraq is going to turn very unpleasant.