Comments BAGHDAD (Map, News) - There were no politicians kissing babies at the campaign rally, but it came close. The band played, men danced and women swayed to the music as a speaker worked the crowd before the arrival of the main candidate - former prime minister and secular Shiite Ayad Allawi, who made his way to the podium shaking hands and waving to well-wishers. The scene may be common in the West, but it's a world apart from the more somber campaigning by Iraq's dominant religious...
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