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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Steven Lee Myers / The Bulletin
August 25, 2009
BAGHDAD " Iraq's top Shiite political leaders gathered in a sweltering hotel ballroom here on Monday and announced a new alliance, a new name and a new platform. Absent was the country's most prominent Shiite political leader, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
The creation of the alliance....
