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Exiles Hold Advantage in Upcoming Iraq Vote

By Peter Kenyon

Published September 10, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Political parties led by former Iraqi exiles appear to be in the strongest position to win power in Iraq's upcoming elections, largely as a result of the prominent positions they held in the now-disbanded U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Baghdad.

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