http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAC149443.htmIraq election losers unite to contest result
BAGHDAD, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Sunni Arab and secular political groups in Iraq formed a united front on Wednesday to demand a rerun of last week's election, alleging massive fraud, and said they might otherwise boycott the new parliament to cripple it.
"There was a meeting ... and we all agreed to contest and reject the results of the election," Thaer al-Naqib, an aide to secular former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, told Reuters.
"We want the Electoral Commission dissolved and the election rerun across Iraq," he said. "We will take to the streets if necessary. We might even not take up our seats in the new parliament and so any new government would be illegitimate."
Others among 70-80 politicians present, including secular Sunni leader Saleh al-Mutlak, said representatives of three main blocs and several others took part; all felt hard done by after results showed the Shi'ite Islamists would remain dominant.