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UN supports the results of the election in Iraq

The most powerful organ of the UN also urged the political leaders “to avoid inflammatory rhetoric and actions.”

While the board released its statement, political maneuvering intensified after the election results released last Friday, giving an advantage to the opposition coalition led by Ayad Allawi”s secular, a Shiite who drew a deep Sunni support.

That coalition was two seats above the block led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The prime minister has ordered a recount and his bloc has presented challenges involved.

The strategy of al-Maliki suggests that it is prepared for a long struggle for power, even if it alienates the more with the country”s Sunni community and raises the risk of new sectarian clashes.

efforts to calm sectarian tensions had begun to bear fruit three years after it increased the location of U.S. forces, but a resurgence of violence complicate U.S. plans to withdraw all its forces from Iraq by end of next year.

The Security Council made clear its supported by the results of parliamentary elections on March 7, congratulating the people and the Iraqi government to carry out a “successful election.”

Members of the Security Council stressed the findings of international observers and independent Iraqis “who have confirmed their confidence in the overall integrity of the election.”

“The Security Council members are eager to form a new government with the spirit of cooperation and respect for national unity, “the statement said.