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Shiite groups keep Iraqi PM out of new alliance

TEHRAN’S INFLUENCE? The new grouping will include the Iranian-backed Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council. Its formation is a blow to Nouri al-Maliki and his Dawa Party

AP , BAGHDAD

That blast caused part of an overpass to collapse and killed nearly 30 people.

Ibrahim said the operation was ordered a month ago by a Baath Party operative in Syria in a bid “to destabilize the regime.”

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