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Hahaha... they showed it at the Daily Show with Jon Stewart... the commentary that accompanied it was hilarious too.

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The Really Islamic Party lol

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Jokes aside.

The key Iraqi parties in Nutshell
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...399971,00.html

United Iraqi Alliance - 228 candidates. This influential Shia coalition, put together in consultation with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's leading Shia cleric, is likely to do best in the vote. It is one of the few parties to have set out its policies, including a demand for a timetable for US military withdrawal.

The Iraqi List - 233 candidates. The party led by the interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, it includes a mixture of Sunnis and Shias, although most of its leading figures are Shias. It is considered to be more secular than the United Iraqi Alliance.The INA has worked closely with the CIA and MI6, and is said to have received money from the US and Saudi Arabia.

Iraqis Party - 80 candidates. Led by the interim president, Ghazi al-Yawer, it also has a mix of Sunnis and Shias. It is favoured by many Sunnis who agreed with Mr Yawer's opposition to US attacks against insurgents in the cities of Falluja and Mosul.

Kurdish Alliance List - 165 candidates. This includes, most notably, the Kurdistan Democratic party (KDP) leader, Massoud Barzani, and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) leader, Jalal Talabani, and should get most of the Kurdish vote in northern Iraq.

The People's Union - 275 candidates. The candidates are drawn from secular Iraqis. It is one of the few groups whose candidates do not have close ethnic or religious ties, and may appeal to Iraqi expatriates living in secular countries.The Iraqi Communist party, one of Iraq's oldest parties, belongs to this list.

Assembly of Independent Democrats - 78 candidates. The party is led by Adnan Pachachi, a former Iraqi foreign minister who lived in Abu Dhabi. He is seen by the White House as a Sunni elder statesman who could play a leading role. Acceptable to Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf states, the octogenerian is expected to fare well among intellectuals and the urban middle class.

National Democratic party - 48 candidates. It includes Naseer Kamel al-Chaderchi, the son of a prominent Iraqi monarchist, and has some support among the educated Sunni middle class.

National Rafidain List - 28 candidates. Led by the former Iraqi governing council member Yonadem Kana. An Assyrian Christian group, it will pick up some support among Iraq's tiny Christian community.