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Sat 03 Mar 2010Rival parties trade claims of polling fraud
IRAQ’S RIVAL political blocs yesterday levelled allegations of fraud at the country’s election commission which released some early results from the March 7th parliamentary poll on Thursday.
Intisar Allawi, a candidate for Iyad Allawi’s Iraqiya party, charged that “there were persons who manipulated or changed the figures in favour of the State of Law alliance” headed by incumbent prime minister Nuri al-Maliki.
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