{"id":79452,"date":"2018-05-14T16:23:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79452"},"modified":"2018-05-14T16:24:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T20:24:25","slug":"muqtada-al-sadrs-coalition-leading-in-iraq-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=79452","title":{"rendered":"Muqtada al-Sadr’s coalition leading in Iraq elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reinforcing my belief that they should have killed him when they had the chance, Muqtada al-Sadr’s coalition is taking an early lead in Iraq’s election, according to Stars & Stripes<\/a>. al-Sadr encouraged his followers to kill US troops while he resided safely in Iran with his Shi’ite benefactors.<\/p>\n

If the results hold, al-Sadr, whose Mahdi Army was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans in Baghdad\u2019s Sadr City neighborhood and southern Iraq, could be in a position to determine Iraq\u2019s next leader. Al-Sadr has repeatedly called for the complete withdrawal of all American troops from Iraqi soil.<\/p>\n

Al-Sadr is a nationalist opposed to all foreign influence, including both U.S. and Iranian. He campaigned on a platform that criticized Iraq\u2019s current political leadership as deeply corrupt.<\/p>\n

Al-Sadr did not run for election but commands a coalition, known as Sairoon, which won by a large margin in Baghdad, which accounts for the largest number of seats in Iraq\u2019s 329-member parliament that in turn selects the prime minister. A ticket led by the commander of a Shiite militia close to Iran came in second, according to preliminary results release Sunday night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, I’m pretty sure that Iran’s support of al-Sadr while he “bravely” urged his followers to fight US troops to their deaths from his apartment in Tehran will count for something if he gets a hold of the reins of power in Iraq.<\/p>\n

He surprised Iraqis by forming a cross-sectarian, non-Islamist electoral coalition for Saturday\u2019s vote that includes Iraq\u2019s communist party.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Everything old is new again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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