#IRAQ: Shi'ite Party Wins Majority In Parliamentary Election

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Turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election earlier this month reached 43%, the nation's electoral commission said, a small increase from preliminary results but lower than that in the last election in 2018.

More than 9.6 million people cast their ballots in the Oct. 10 vote, the commission said.

Populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said his movement secured the biggest number of seats in the parliament adding that he would not challenge the results.

He led an insurgency against American forces after the war that deposed Saddam Hussein.

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#UK: Parliament Rejects Motion To Investigate Frmr. PM Tony Blair Over Iraq War Claims

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After a heated debate, it was Labour MPs turning out in force that helped defeat a parliamentary motion calling for Former Prime Minister Tony Blair to be held to account for allegedly misleading parliament over the Iraq war. The vote was 439 votes to 70. The vote was initiated by the Scottish National Party foreign affairs spokesman Alex Salmond, and was backed by MPs from six other parties.

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#EGYPT: British War Report Sparks Anti-Western Tirade In Parliament

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Members of Parliament seized on the publication of an independent British judicial report investigating the UK’s participation in the Iraq War to denounce Western policies. They also condemned what they called “wide-scale abuses by US police against black citizens." In a statement on July 8, parliament’s Arab Relations Committee, led by MP Saad Al-Gammal, said former US president George W Bush and former British prime minister Tony Blair should be tried for war crimes.