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	The Iraqi Election and the 'Kurdish Question' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The heterogeneous Iraqi insurgency groups have continued their attacks, with some groups increasingly targeting Shi'i Arabs who represent around 60 percent of Iraq's population and were the major victors in the election.
		In the meantime, the UIA is not necessarily opposed to a federated system that will enable the Shi'i majority to reap the benefits of oil revenues in the south as the Kurds enjoy a larger share of oil profits in the north (an area which is believed to hold 40 percent of Iraq's oil reserves).
		The Iraqi Kurdish leadership, aware of the alienating effect of separatist ambitions on other Iraqi groups represented in the national assembly, and fearful of Turkey's military intervention in Iraqi Kurdistan (where more than 4,000 PKK fighters fleeing the Turkish military are currently based), has acknowledged that independence will have to be postponed.
	www.aina.org /news/20050305131355.jsp (962 words)

	Breakthrough in Iraqi Government Talks (KurdishMedia.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The United Iraqi Alliance, the leading bloc in parliament, is lobbying to hold 15 of the 33 ministerial posts, said Bayati.
		The alliance holds 128 of the 275 seats in parliament and wants slates to be given ministerial posts based on how many seats each won in the December 2005 election.
		Sunni Arabs claim they have been persecuted by Shia-led Iraqi security forces and their Shia militia allies under Ja'fari's watch, but the United Iraqi Alliance appears intent on maintaining Shia control of defence and interior ministry posts, especially since the insurgency is largely led by Sunni Arab groups.
	www.kurdmedia.com /articles.asp?id=12231 (755 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| Guide to Iraqi political parties
		The United Iraqi Alliance is a broad-based coalition of over 20 groups, but it is dominated by the two major Shia parties, Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari's Islamic Daawa Party, and Abd al-Aziz Hakim's Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI).
		The alliance's platform called for national unity, the enforcement of the new constitution, the end of the US-led coalition's presence, the de-politicisation of government institutions, and the formation of regional governments.
		The group withdrew from the Kurdistan Alliance shortly before the December election in protest at the dominance of the PUK and the KDP in Kurdish politics.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/4511450.stm (1421 words)

	United Iraqi Alliance wins Iraq polls
		The United Iraqi Alliance has emerged victorious in the elections held in Iraq on January 30.
		The alliance is expected to win 132 seats of the 275 in the National Assembly.
		The United Iraqi Alliance is Iraq's main Shiite group in the country.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/feb/13iraq.htm (69 words)

	CNN.com - Coalitions compete for Iraqi voters - Dec 14, 2005
		Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari is a member of the powerful United Iraqi Alliance, a Shiite coalition.
		(CNN) -- The United Iraqi Alliance and Kurdish alliance -- the Shiite-led and Kurdish coalitions that prevailed in the January 30 elections -- are considered front-runners in Thursday's parliamentary elections.
		The United Iraqi Alliance encompasses the most powerful Shiite forces in the country such as the Dawa Party led by Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, and the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq.
	www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/12/14/iraq.coalition/index.html (486 words)

	Shiite Alliance Wins Iraq Election, Officials: United Iraqi Alliance Takes 128 Seats; Sunnis Make Gains - CBS News
		The Shiite United Iraqi Alliance captured 128 of the 275 seats in the Dec. 15 election, down from the 146 it won in the January 2005 balloting.
		Safwat Rasheed, an election official, announced that the Shiite United Iraqi Alliance captured 128 of the 275 seats in the Dec. 15 election, down from the 146 it won in the January 2005 balloting.
		Eight Iraqi sailors detained by Iran after a weekend clash in a shared waterway were released early Friday, Iraqi officials said, but the body of a ninth sailor had not yet been repatriated.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2006/01/22/iraq/main1227383.shtml (780 words)

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		With barely 50 percent of the final vote in the 275-member National Assembly, the United Iraqi Alliance will not have control over the assembly, leading to speculation it may soon form a coalition with the independence-minded Kurds who won 26 percent of the vote.
		Abdul-Mahdi told al-Arabiya the next Iraqi government is burdened with "difficult and complicated responsibilities that require national unity and the wide support of the national assembly," and the presidency.
		Iraqi Kurds danced in the streets and waved Kurdish flags when results were announced in the oil-rich, ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk.
	www.cbn.com /cbnnews/Wire/050214f.aspx (922 words)

	Iraqi Ayatollah Pushes Shiites to Stay United
		The mostly Shiite alliance includes several strong political organizations that are trying to translate their power in the coalition into a dominant position in the new administration.
		Because the alliance lacks a two-thirds majority, it also has to cobble together a larger coalition with other groups in the assembly or at least win their backing in order to take office.
		Two members of the United Iraqi Alliance traveled to Sistani's home in Najaf on Saturday to discuss their concerns: Sheik Fawaz Jarba, one of the few Sunni Muslims in the coalition, and Mudhar Shawkat.
	www.truthout.org /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/9434 (912 words)

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		The Iraqi daily "Al-Azzam" reported on December 12 that the main Shi'ite party in Iraq, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), has been in discussions with the Kurdish Alliance and the Sunni-led Iraqi Islamic Party to form a new political coalition.
		With 34 seats in the Iraqi parliament, al-Sadr is an integral component of al-Maliki's governing coalition and the prime minister is politically dependent on him.
		The rebellion was crushed by the Iraqi Army, and millions of Kurds abandoned their cities and villages and sought refuge along the Turkish and Iranian borders.
	www.rferl.org /reports/iraq-report (1833 words)

	Shiites stay in alliance for election
		The alliance’s move also appeared to indicate that the national election on Dec. 15 will once again be contested along ethnic and sectarian lines: the main Shiite coalition, secular alliances of Shiites and Sunnis, and separate Sunni Arab and Kurdish slates.
		The United Iraqi Alliance includes Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari’s Dawa Party, Shiite cleric Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim’s Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, the Sadrist movement of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and Fadhila party, a Shiite group whose spiritual leader is al-Sadr’s late father, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr.
		The alliance controls 146 of the 275 seats in Iraq’s National Assembly but is not expected to do as well as it did in the January election.
	www.columbiatribune.com /2005/Oct/20051028News022.asp (633 words)

	Iraqi Alliance Seeks to Oust Top Officials of Hussein Era
		The Shiite-dominated United Iraqi Alliance also will insist on trials for every former official, soldier or worker suspected of wrongdoing during that time, Hussain Shahristani, who helped form the Shiite alliance, said in an interview that outlined plans for handling members of Hussein's Baath Party in the armed forces and intelligence services.
		Shahristani said the alliance would also seek prosecution of what he said were the few thousand leaders of the Sunni Muslim-led insurgency.
		The Shiite alliance's plan also runs counter to efforts by other Iraqi politicians who say they hope to defuse the insurgency by drawing the disgruntled Sunni minority, routed from power with Hussein, back into the political process.
	www.epic-usa.org /Default.aspx?tabid=900 (1444 words)

	Cautious optimism for new Iraqi government
		The final results of the December 15, 2005 parliamentary elections showed the United Iraqi Alliance, a Shia coalition, which dominates the current parliament, captured the highest number of the national assembly's 275 seats.
		Forty-three parties and political movements formed a group called the Maram Movement that opposed the election results, claiming the United Iraqi Alliance, which currently holds 146 seats in parliament, was guilty of electoral fraud.
		Although it captured most seats, the United Iraqi Alliance will need to work with other parties and be prepared to share out ministerial posts in order to create a government, say analysts.
	www.ekurd.net /mismas/articles/misc2006/1/government554.htm (904 words)

	Iraqi Political Parties Address Voters' Social Concerns - US Department of State
		Jobs are also a major concern among Iraqi voters. Over 38 percent of those surveyed named unemployment as one of their top three concerns, and political party platforms reflect an awareness that they must provide potential voters with hope on this issue.
		The Islamic Conference of Iraqi Tribes appeals to the latter group in its pledge “to protect the Islamic identity of Iraq and its people.” The United Iraqi Alliance goes a step further to assert that Islam should be recognized as the state religion.
		The United Iraqi Alliance states its support for the participation of women in all aspects of public life – political, economic and social. The Communist Party pledges that it will tirelessly defend the principle that women are equal to men.
	usinfo.state.gov /mena/Archive/2005/Jan/25-268515.html (870 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Front Page \| Setting the rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Though the ballots are still being counted, early returns from the Iraqi elections indicate the shape of the emerging political order, with a landslide victory for the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) list, which groups Shia parties and is said to enjoy the blessing of Iraq's grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, virtually guaranteed.
		How the UIA will negotiate this, and other challenges to unity, is by no means clear, with many observers pointing out that it is Al-Sistani who has so far managed to keep the groups that comprise the UIA, with diverse ideological backgrounds and a history of animosity, from splintering.
		The Dubai- based Al-Arabiya satellite channel reported on Monday that negotiations were underway between Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Iraqi President Ghazi Al-Yawar and the veteran Iraqi diplomat Adnan Pachachi, with the aim of forging an alliance capable of counterbalancing UIA influence in the assembly.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/729/fr2.htm (765 words)

	Iraqi Mosques Flex Election Muscle
		The United Iraqi Alliance, which had the tacit backing of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani — whose word is law for many Iraqi Shiites —; sold the idea that voting was a religious duty.
		But Sistani's associates say his support for the United Iraqi Alliance was focused solely on achieving a strong Shiite voice in the drafting of Iraq's new constitution.
		The official, speaking on condition that neither she nor her organization be named, said United Iraqi Alliance politicians and preachers had been treading a careful line, placing Sistani's image on campaign materials but not directly saying that he backed them.
	fairuse.1accesshost.com /news3/latimes166.html (857 words)

	SCIRI, Daawa and Sadrists in the Certified Iraq Elections Results
		The Alliance also received 19 “national” seats, but the allocation of these seats to individual deputies within the alliance was only announced yesterday, on 10 February.
		That point may conceivably even be aimed at the internal politics of the United Iraqi Alliance, where SCIRI is far ahead of everyone else in cultivating bilateral ties with Western embassies.
		A Disunited Iraqi Alliance Triumphs in the South, 22 December 2005
	historiae.org /SCIRI.asp (993 words)

	Iraqi Election Commission Releases Final Poll Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The results were broadcast live on Iraqi government TV, as one election worker read the names of the candidates elected to the 275-seat assembly.
		The Kurdish Alliance won 53 seats, and the Sunni Arab parties took a total of 55 seats.
		The statement said the ministers should be dedicated to the defense of Iraqi democracy, not to party militias.
	www.voanews.com /english/IRAQ-CN10feb05.cfm (447 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Al-Dabbagh said that he withdrew from the UIA in protest of that alliance's monopolization of power in the current government, where he claims positions were awarded based on membership rather than qualifications, Al-Iraqiyah television reported on 28 October.
		The Iraqi Accordance Front (Jabhat Al-Tawafuq Al-Iraqiyah), although largely composed of Sunni Arabs, claims to be a nonsectarian-based coalition that includes nationalist and Islamic forces.
		The Iraqi Arabs Movement (Harakat Al-Iraqiyin Al-Arab) is led by former Iraqi politicians and academics.
	www.rferl.org /specials/iraqelections/contenders.asp (2306 words)

	Iraqi Party Platforms Call for Pluralism, National Unity- U.S. Department Of State
		The United Iraqi Alliance calls for “an Iraq that respects human rights and does not discriminate on the grounds of sect, religion or ethnicity, an Iraq that protects the rights of religious and ethnic minorities and defends them from oppression and marginalization.”
		Chief among the parties’ preoccupations with regard to state institutions is the judiciary. Several parties echo the goal of the Iraqi National Accord to achieve a completely independent judiciary. This is in reaction to Iraq’s experience under the rule of Saddam Hussein, where judicial decisions were typically influenced by pressure from the regime.
		The United Iraqi Alliance pledges “to work on establishing the principles of honesty, trustworthiness and a sense of accountability in official agencies and institutions, and to work on tackling administrative corruption and bribery in all its forms.”
	usinfo.state.gov /usinfo/Archive/2005/Jan/24-479157.html (738 words)

	cbs2chicago.com - Returns Show Shiites Lead in Iraq Election
		Still, the ruling Shiite coalition — known as the United Iraqi Alliance and endorsed by Iraq's most prominent cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani — was unlikely to win the two-thirds majority, or at least 184 seats, needed to avoid a coalition with other parties.
		The alliance is headed by cleric Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, one of the most powerful figures in the country.
		By comparison, the United Iraqi Alliance received less than 8 percent in Saddam's home province of Salahuddin, where 89 percent of the ballot boxes were counted.
	cbs2chicago.com /national/topstories_story_353141727.html (1124 words)

	Iraqi legislative election, December 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Iraqis in the predominantly Sunni city of Husaybah, wait in lines to vote, during the national election, December 15.
		In a blow to the Alliance, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani announced that he would not back any particular party for the election; he merely encouraged people to vote "according to their beliefs." He is said to have been disappointed with the performance of the transitional government.
		Iraqi National Dialogue Front (#667) - A mainly Sunni coalition, unlike the accord it is avowedly secular and opposed to the new constitution.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iraqi_legislative_election,_December_2005 (2165 words)

	New Iraqi political alliance hits snag - CNN.com
		A United Iraqi Alliance spokesman, parliament member Abbas al-Bayati, said the Shiite coalition had sent a parliament member, Faleh al-Fayad, to Najaf on Thursday to meet with the religious leadership including the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and al-Sadr.
		A new alliance must be coupled with "a brave government decision to disband militias like the Mehdi Army," said al-Ani, accusing government institutions of giving cover to the militias.
		Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi's Iraqi Islamic Party, the main party in the Sunni bloc Iraq Accord Front, is said to be a main component of this so-called alliance of moderates.
	cnn.com /2006/WORLD/meast/12/22/iraq.politics/index.html (842 words)

	USATODAY.com - Iraqi women eye Islamic law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Women on the United Iraqi Alliance are meeting now to coordinate their agendas and reach out to women from other parties.
		But Ubaedy's vision is shared by many members of the United Iraqi Alliance, a list of religious Shiite candidates that won a majority of seats.
		She says the women on the UIA list are meeting now to coordinate their agendas and reach out to women from other parties.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2005-02-24-iraq-women-law_x.htm (1191 words)

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