Who Ya Gonna Believe?

UPDATE: This article confirms Iraqiya's lead - about 9,000 votes out of 4.2 million - over al-Maliki's State of Law party. That's not very much. This could put Mucky's party in a position of king maker. Not good, that, but then again, perhaps Allawi can come up with his own coalition. There ought to be enough Iraqis who remember what Mucky did during the months of sectarian strife and bloodshed that they will not let this tool of Iran have such power and influence in Baghdad. Lest anyone forget, there is a warrant out for his arrest on the charge of murder, something I think the New York Slimes has conveniently forgotten. He also has been holed up in Iran for several years now, unable to put his big toe inside Iraq, for fear of being arrested.

Roughly 80% of the votes cast have been counted, according to the article.
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According to the New York Slimes, Mucky Sadr's party is enjoying unprecedented success "second only to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki as the largest Shiite bloc", but if you are to believe All Jeers and Sneers, Iraqiya, the secularist Allawi's party, has a slim lead. So does this mean sectarianism is beating a path of retreat or is it still a force to be reckoned with? I hope the final results come out soon.