Iraqi Alliance Led by Maliki Seeks Talks With Rivals -- Business Week/Bloomberg
March 16 (Bloomberg) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al- Maliki’s political bloc said it would hold talks with rival parties on forming a government after results showed the alliance leading in the March 7 parliamentary election.
With 66 percent of the national vote counted, al-Maliki’s State of Law group is ahead in seven of Iraq’s 18 provinces, the Independent High Electoral Commission announced yesterday. State of Law is leading so far in Baghdad, Iraq’s most populous city, and the major southern constituency of Basra. Results from 85 percent of votes tallied are expected today, and final results within the next two days, election officials said.
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