Sheikh Naji Al-Abbudi, a spokesman for Sistani, affirmed the claims that the Grand Ayatollah is backing the United Iraqi Coalition list.
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2	Naji	Naji	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	12:nsubj	_
3	Al	Al	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	2:flat	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	2:punct	SpaceAfter=No
5	Abbudi	Abbudi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	2:flat	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	2:punct	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	8:det	_
8	spokesman	spokesman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	2:appos	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	10:case	_
10	Sistani	Sistani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	8:nmod:for	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	12:punct	_
12	affirmed	affirm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	14:det	_
14	claims	claim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	12:obj	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	20:mark	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	18:det	_
17	Grand	Grand	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	18	amod	18:amod	_
18	Ayatollah	Ayatollah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	20:nsubj	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	20:aux	_
20	backing	back	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	acl	14:acl:that	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	25:det	_
22	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	24	amod	24:amod	_
23	Iraqi	Iraqi	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	24	amod	24:amod	_
24	Coalition	Coalition	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	compound	25:compound	_
25	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	20:obj	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	12:punct	_
