BAGHDAD, July 31 (Reuters) – A power struggle in Iraq between the influential Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Sadr and Iran-backed Shi’ite rivals has escalated with his supporters breaking into parliament and beginning an open-ended sit-in protest. read more
The tussle over who gets to form the next government has deepened a fissure in the Shi’ite community that has dominated Iraqi politics since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Sunni dictator…