Hopes rundown area can be revived with plan for new houses
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Iraqi voters spurn Iran s allies, but Tehran could still fight for clout
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By John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi voters delivered a sharp rebuke to Iran s allies in an election this week, but loosening the grip of Shi ite militia from control of the state will still be a politically delicate goal, with the threat of violence always in the background. The main winner of the election was Shi ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a populist who has positioned himself as a staunch opponent of both Iran and the United States. Sadr proclaimed the result a victory by the people over . militias . There was elation among his supporters. The most important thing in this election is that foreign countries like Iran didn t interfere in the vote, said Yousef Mohammed, an unemployed 21-year-old in Sadr s vast Baghdad stronghold of Sadr City. We ve been celebrating since last night. Sadr s bloc, already the biggest in the 329-seat parliament, will expand to 73 seats from 54. Its main rivals for years, the Fatah bloc of factions linked to pro-Tehran militia, mean