Insurgents Threatening Afghan Election
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KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S.-led forces trying to protect landmark Afghan elections face a rising wave of violence from about 2,000 insurgents, including al-Qaida militants slipping in from Pakistan, an American general said Saturday.    In the latest bloodshed, Afghan police said suspected Taliban gunmen killed nine militia soldiers in two attacks on checkpoints in a troubled southern province...
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Taliban guerrillas fired rockets in parts  of Afghanistan on Friday, the eve of the first presidential  election in the rugged, war-torn land, underlining the threat  of sabotage by the Islamic fundamentalist insurgents.
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A convoy carrying Afghan President Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running-mate came under attack Wednesday in northeastern Afghanistan, the presidential palace and other officials said, the third attack on Karzai's supporters ahead of landmark weekend elections.
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Afghan authorities arrested 60 Taliban guerrillas who were planning to derail the upcoming presidential election, officials said Saturday, as campaigning intensified for the poll in a week's time.
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Afghan troops have foiled an attempt to blow up a fuel truck in the city of Kandahar in what the governor says could have been a &quot;catastrophic&quot; attack to disrupt a landmark election.
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KABUL: Afghans vote Saturday in the first direct presidential elections in their history, under the threat of violence from anti-US militants and Osama bin Laden&#39;s terror network.
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Three militant groups on Thursday threatened to attack Iraqis who will take part in the general elections due on Jan. 30, 2005, said a statement posted on anIslamic website.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- US-led forces trying to protect landmark Afghan elections face a rising wave of violence from about 2,000 insurgents, including Al Qaeda militants slipping in from Pakistan, an American commander said yesterday.
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In Iraq, the Sunnis are the targets of an intimidation campaign by insurgents using violence to disrupt the elections. Under threat of death, they have been warned not to run, not to vote, not to participate.
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Three Iraqi insurgent groups gave warning yesterday that anyone taking part in the &quot;dirty farce&quot; of next month&#39;s elections would be exposing themselves to attack.
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Gun-wielding militia commanders seeking to intimidate voters pose a far greater threat to Afghanistan's first presidential election  than Taliban-led militants, a report by Human Rights Watch said.
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The Afghan rebels had threatened violence to disrupt Saturday's elections, but failed to deliver.
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Election workers and U.S.-trained security troops have become Iraq's most hunted, facing slaughter by insurgents out to ruin this month's landmark vote.
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The impending attack could decentralize the Iraqi insurgency and increase the risk of violence during elections.
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Faced with a growing insurgency and a January deadline for national elections, American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held
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By targeting election workers in Baghdad and Shia Muslims in southern Iraq, insurgents yesterday struck at the two pillars of next month&#39;s national elections: the logistical
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Afghans vote Saturday in the first direct presidential elections in their history, under the threat of violence from anti-US militants and Osama bin Laden's terror network.