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BAGHDAD, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Members of the Shia United Iraqi Alliance Sunday urged disaffected Iraqi Sunnis to participate in the Jan. 30 elections.
The alliance tried to convince Iraq's other factions it is not intent on establishing an Islamic theocracy and is not under the sway of Iran. Members also said they have no intention of asking U.S. troops to leave Iraq until the country's military is stronger.
"Our group believes in sharing power with all Iraqi factions," Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the Shia cleric who heads the alliance's election slate, told a Baghdad news conference. "We have rejected the idea of a sectarian regime and we believe that Iraq is for all Iraqis."
Hakim and Ayatollah Ali Sistani have said they are not seeking clerical control of government, but that hasn't stopped Sunnis from voicing such fears.
Alliance figure Ahmed Chalabi told the New York Times he had just returned from Iran where he warned leaders against interfering in the Iraqi polls.
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