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Reuters: Iraq Parliament Session Pressures Iraqiya Bloc

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Tags: Ayad Allawi, Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki

Iraq's parliament elects a new speaker on Monday, eight months after an inconclusive election, in a move that could force Sunni forces to join a Shi'ite-Kurd alliance in a national unity government or risk falling apart.

The cross-sectarian Iraqiya alliance of former premier Iyad Allawi said on Thursday it might boycott Monday's session, called to try to break a political deadlock that has stoked tensions in Iraq as U.S. troops prepare to depart.

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