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BAGHDAD, June 6 (UPI) -- The former Baathist party member and interim leader of Iraq Iyad Allawi reportedly is considering a political comeback.
Allawi was installed last year by the United States and Britain as Iraq's interim prime minister but was soundly defeated in January's elections. Now, however, there is already nostalgia for his tenure as insurgents and suicide bombers disrupt daily life in Baghdad, The Telegraph reported Monday.
"When we were in power we had a program that looked beyond elections," Allawi told the newspaper. "Security was better in our time, electricity was better and services were improving. The government has failed in these respects."
Since January, Allawi, a Shiite, has been involved in negotiations to create the new multi-ethnic secular alliance before new general elections scheduled for December. He also has support amid the once-dominant Sunni Muslims.
"In the last election I voted for Allawi twice," said a Sunni insurgent sympathizer from Fallujah. "At the next election I will vote for him 10 or 11 times."
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