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Iraq's top Shiite cleric denounces militias' electoral list

The electoral coalition of the Popular Mobilization Units has come under criticism from Iraqi's highest Shiite religious leader for invoking the group's military victories for electoral gain.

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Vehicles pass campaign posters of candidates ahead of Iraq's parliamentary elections in Najaf, Iraq, April 20, 2018. — REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

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