Iraq's Shi'ite religious cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gives a speech in Najaf June 25, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition should withdraw its support for his bid for a third term and pick another candidate, Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged, amid parliamentary deadlock over the formation of a new government.
Maliki has come under mounting pressure since Islamic State militants took swathes of the north and west of Iraq last month and declared a caliphate on land they and other Sunni armed groups have captured in Iraq and Syria.
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