Leader of (Iraq's) Adhamiyah Awakening Group Assassinated (Maliki Refuses Results)

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Source: Kuwait News Agency

BAGHDAD, March 27 (KUNA) -- Unidentified gunmen on Saturday assassinated the leader of Adhamiyah Awakening group with a hail of bullets while he was standing near the shrine of Imam Abu Hanifa in Adhamiyah.

Iraqi security sources told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) here that unknown gunmen opened fire at noon today, towards Khalil Ibrahim Makki, near the shrine of Imam Abu Hanifa in Adhamiyah, north of Baghdad, killing him instantly.

According to eyewitnesses, the gunmen escaped to an unknown destination.

An Iraqi police officer who declined to be identified said the security forces imposed tight security after the assassination of Makki, who died after suffering five gunshots to his chest and abdomen.

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Iraq PM refuses to accept election loss

Source: NineMSN

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sharply criticised the UN over its inaction on his vote fraud allegations, after results showed his bloc finished second in Iraq's general election.

Maliki's remarks came as rival Iyad Allawi, whose bloc finished with two more seats than the incumbent's alliance in the March 7 poll, opened talks on Sunday with political foes to form a coalition government.

"If I were in Melkert's position and in front of this wave of problems, I would have said, 'You should go all the way through (to detect fraud)'," he said in a television interview, referring to UN envoy Ad Melkert.

"But Melkert has said, 'Well, it is difficult because of time',"

Maliki has called for a nationwide manual recount from the election, claiming irregularities in the counting procedure, but Melkert and Iraq's election commission have downplayed the fraud allegations.

The complete results, which were only released on Friday, showed Maliki's State of Law Alliance finished with 89 seats in the 325-member Council of Representatives, two fewer than fellow Shi'ite Allawi's secular Iraqiya bloc.

"I asked the IHEC (Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission) to manually recount - they refused, and the United Nations was more vehemently against my request than the IHEC," Maliki said.

more: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/1033122/iraq-pm-refuses-to-accept-election-loss

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