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February 27, 2007
No. 759

New Parliamentary Group Being Formed in Iraq

A new political configuration is emerging in Iraq with the formation of a parliamentary group comprising the Al-Iraqiyya group of former prime minister Ayad Allawi and most of the members of the various Sunni political forces represented in the Parliament. The new group is to be called the National Iraqi Front, and it will control 80 members of the parliament's 275 members.

Source: Al-Rafidayn, February 27, 2007

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