Sunni party withdrawal puts elections in doubt
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IRAQ&#39;S election was thrown into doubt yesterday as one of the country&#39;s main Sunni parties withdrew, while a tape purporting to be Osama bin Laden warned Iraqis not to vote.
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Leading Sunni clerics declared on  Wednesday that any government emerging from Iraq's historic  election would lack legitimacy because many people had  boycotted a poll they said was tainted by a U.S.-led  occupation.
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Until recently, the struggle over Iraq&#39;s election date has divided along sectarian lines. Sunnis, whose religious authorities
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Their comments follow calls by Sunni Muslim politicians and others to postpone the Jan. 30 election. Yesterday, 17 Iraqi political parties representing Sunni Arabs, Kurds, Christians and secular groups demanded a six-month delay.
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The party's political struggle has soured sectarian relations between the country's Shiites and Sunnis.
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BEIJING, Dec. 28 -- Iraq&#39;s top Sunni Muslim party is withdrawing from the January 30 poll. The Iraqi Islamic Party says persistent violence will keep people from voting in the Sunni north and west.
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BAGHDAD, June 29 -- Members of the leading Sunni coalition in the Iraqi government said Friday that six of its ministers would withdraw from the Cabinet because of criminal accusations against one minister and their sense of alienation within the Shiite-dominated government.
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Iraq's top Sunni Muslim party is  withdrawing from Jan. 30 elections, saying persistent violence  would keep people from voting in the Sunni north and west.
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Pakistan's ruling party concedes defeat after vote, which casts doubt on president's political future.
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BAGHDAD, July 19 -- Iraq's largest Sunni political group announced Thursday that it will end its boycott of parliament, returning the legislative body to full strength for the first time in five weeks.
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Iraq's top Sunni Muslim party said  Monday it was withdrawing from Jan. 30 elections because  relentless bloodshed would keep people from voting in the long  dominant Sunni north and west.
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A key factor in determining the legitimacy of elections is the participation of the minority Sunni population.
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Groups fear that a vote amid persistent violence and a boycott by Sunnis would deprive the results of legitimacy.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Sunni Muslim politicians in Iraq are asking the government to postpone the January national election. A former foreign minister said a delay could give political leaders time to persuade Sunni
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Raids on mosques and the arrests of hardline clerics are raising fears that the US siege on Fallujah will further alienate Iraq&#39;s Sunni minority.
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A MAJOR Sunni political party has quit the interim Iraqi Government in protest over the US assault on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, the party&#39;s leader said yesterday.
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Raids on mosques and the arrests of several hardline Sunni clerics have raised fears the US-led assault on the Sunni insurgent stronghold