Former Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al-Maliki on Monday called for the resumption of legislative sessions, after his political rivals occupied parliament for almost a week, deepening political tensions. Though supporters of the powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr have not camped inside the legislative complex since Friday, they continue a sit-in in the gardens around it, inside Baghdad's normally secure Green Zone. They are protesting a nomination for the post of prime minister by the rival Shia Coordination Framework, to which Maliki belongs and which is backed by Iran. The protest is part of pressure tactics by Sadr after months of negotiations following October elect
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