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Iraq election losers unite to contest result

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Sunni Arab and secular parties threatened on Wednesday to boycott the new parliament after alleging massive fraud in last week’s election, ramping up pressure on the triumphant Shi’ite Islamists to share power.

The Electoral Commission, which opposition groups demanded be dissolved accusing it of bias, rejected calls for a rerun of the vote, saying complaints were numerous but unlikely to affect the overall result – a view held by U.S. and U.N. officials.</i>

Sound familar? Is this Iraq, or Ohio?


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