BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq might for the first time in years get a government that excludes Iran-backed parties if a powerful populist cleric who dominated a recent election keeps his word, Iraqi politicians, government officials and independent analysts say.
The movement led by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr already re-elected a parliamentary speaker opposed by the Iran-aligned camp, and could leave them in Iraq's opposition for the first time in the post-Saddam era
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Initial turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election on Sunday was 41 percent, the electoral commission said, in a sign of dwindling trust in political leaders although participation was not nearly as low as election officials had earlier feared.