But his Dawa party is very small.

但是他的Dawa党非常小。

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They formed a new SLATE, the Iraqi national Alliance (INA), that will oppose his Dawa party in national elections due to be held in January.

他们组成了一位新的派别，伊拉克国家联盟，势必在明年一月举行的国家选举中与达瓦党对立起来。

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Mr Maliki's Dawa party and the INA could still make up, but the gulf appears deep.

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The alliance includes al-Maliki's Dawa Party and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.

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"Maliki and his Dawa party are big winners everywhere and particularly so in the big cities of Basra and Baghdad, " Visser said.

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