Division Among Iraq’s Shiites Good News For Allawi (ap)

Supporters of anti-American radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr cast their votes in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 2, 2010. Supporters are turning up for a self-styled referendum on the nation's next prime minister. The voting on Friday and Saturday has no legal authority but it is widely seen as a way for the cleric to back someone other than his archenemy, incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. A bloc by secular Ayad Allawi won a two-seat lead over al-Maliki's group, but neither has a majority to rule alone. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP – When the coalition led by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki narrowly lost at the polls, he raised the prospect that he could pull ahead by gaining the support of other Shiite-dominated alliances. Since then the largest of those groups have been reaching out — but not to him.

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