Iraqis vote in first election since ISIS defeat
The incumbent prime minister Haydar al-Abadi’s Victory party may win by a small margin in Iraq’s election Saturday if he can overcome two major rivals – the Saudi-backed alliance led by the popular Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr and the Iran-backed group headed by the Shiite militia leader Hadi al-Amiri. Abadi would have to reach out to Sunnis and Kurds to form a coalition government. Many of the 22.5 million eligible voters will skip polling since they have little expectation of change or the next government rebuilding their war-ruined country. Nearly 7,000 candidates are contesting 329 parliament seats, of which a quarter must go to women. While this is Iraq’s first election since ISIS defeat last year, sleeper cells continue to terrorize the population.
Debka must have made an error in stating: “…the Saudi-backed alliance led by the popular Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr”. I don’t believe the Saudis support a Shiite cleric.
Why not? they already support a jewish heretic, and a mass murderer, or two..