Shi’ite cleric backs coalition to contest poll
The coalition, called the United Iraqi Alliance, includes two major Shi’ite political parties - the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic Dawa Party - and the Iraqi National Congress, led by former exile and one-time Pentagon favourite Ahmad Chalabi, Dawa party official Ali al-Adeeb said.
Independent Sunni Muslims belonging to various tribal groups are included on the list, but no major Sunni political movements are named.
