BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A leading Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim party is campaigning against former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi in this week's election, but some of its militiamen seem to be spoiling for a fight -- and not just at the ballot box.
Allawi is campaigning on a cross-sectarian ticket for Thursday's parliamentary election, picking up votes from the Sunni Arab minority and secular Shi'ites like himself with a vow to ban Islamist militias he says could drag Iraq into civil war.
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