Iraq’s Sadr demands new polls as political crisis escalates

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by Laure Al-Khoury Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq’s elections last year, demanded Wednesday that parliament be dissolved and new national polls be called. Nearly 10 months on from the last elections, the country still has no government, new prime minister or new president, due to repeated squabbles between factions over forming a coalition. In the latest political turmoil to strike the […]