Both Iraqi parties claim election lead
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi prime minister's coalition and its main secular rival both claimed to be ahead in the vote count Monday, a day after historic parliamentary elections that the top U.S. commander said would let all but 50,000 American troops come home by the end of summer.
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