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Anti-U.S. Iraqi cleric meets with Allawi in Syria

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, left, meets with Muqtada al-Sadr, one of Iraq's most powerful Shi'ite political clerics, right, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 19, 2010. Mr. Allawi and Mr. al-Sadr are on a current visit to Syria to discuss the deadlocked government in Baghdad.(AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, left, meets with Muqtada al-Sadr, one of Iraq’s most powerful Shi’ite political clerics, right, in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 19, 2010. Mr. Allawi and Mr. al-Sadr are on a current visit to Syria to discuss the deadlocked government in Baghdad.(AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Associated Press

Monday, July 19, 2010

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A leading anti-American Iraqi cleric has met with one of two Iraqi politicians vying to lead the country’s next government.

Shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr met with former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi in neighboring Syria.

Mr. Allawi and current Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki are locked in a power struggle over the prime ministership after no clear winner emerged from the March 7 elections. Both sides are struggling to cobble together enough support to form a coalition.

Monday’s meeting could signal that an unusual alliance may be developing.

The impasse has raised fears that militants will try to re-ignite sectarian violence.

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