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Iraq Kurds ‘again likely to be kingmakers’Tensions between Iraq's Kurds and Arabs may one day lead to armed conflict but, after an election in March, Arab parties will be vying with each other to court Kurdish allies expected to emerge as powerful kingmakers. Brutally suppress More… |
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Al-Hakim's son succeeds him as party leaderOne of Iraq's main Shi'ite Muslim parties on Tuesday appointed the son of its leader Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim as his successor after his death last week, averting a potentially damaging public power struggle. Ammar Al-Hakim had been groomed for More… |
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Iraqi Shi'ite party leader diesAbdul Aziz Al-Hakim, the leader of one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite political groups and most important religious dynasties, died on Wednesday, adding to political uncertainty in a violent run-up to an election next January. Al-Hakim, w More… |
