I believe it is the Valentine effect ;-)
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Shiite & Kurdish Allies Of Iran Win Iraqi Election
In Iraq, a coalition of religious Shiite parties with close ties to Iran
have won a majority of seats in Iraq's new national assembly. Election
results released Sunday gave the Shiite coalition backed by the Grand
Ayatollah Sistani 48 percent of the vote. The Kurdish bloc came in second
with 26 percent of the vote. Although the Shiites fell short of winning 50
percent, the party will end up with a majority due to technical rules about
counting seats. The main Shiite and Kurdish parties are seen as Iran's
closest allies in Iraq and they now have control of over 70 percent of
Iraq's national assembly.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/14/1517241
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