Iraq's highest court removed the speaker of Iraq's parliament in November, resulting in a deadlock among the main Sunni blocs over selecting a successor.
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Late on Friday night, shortly before the session to elect a new parliament speaker in Iraq, political discourse shifted towards candidates' associations with the former leader, Saddam Hussein. Iraqis on social media shared an old video featuring Mahmoud Mashhadani, a contender from the Azem Alliance. In the video, Mashhadani praises Saddam, saying, “There is no leader for Iraq’s Sunnis after Saddam Hussein.”
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