BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A parliamentary bloc backed by populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Saturday it would go into opposition until demands of anti-government protesters who flocked to the streets defying a violent security crackdown were met.
The Saeroon bloc - an alliance of Sadr's followers, communists, and other parties - is the largest in Iraq's fragmented parliament with 54 seats out of 329.
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