Security Clampdown Starts Before Iraq Poll
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Iraq clamped tough security measures  across the country on Friday, sealing land borders and curbing  travel to foil insurgents bent on wrecking Sunday's election,  but a car bomb killed four people in Baghdad.
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Iraq begins sending ballot boxes to the provinces for Sunday's  election, as new violence kills at least 12.
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Election centers have been bombed,  candidates and electoral officials threatened and even killed.  With only a week to go, intimidation is turning Iraq's landmark  polls into a new kind of secret ballot.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says full security will be impossible for the elections, in the wake of more bombings.
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Iraq's government worked to come up with new security measures on Sunday as it prepared to lift a curfew imposed after car bombs killed more than 200 people on Thursday, sparking fears of outright civil war.
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Officials have developed a plan to encircle the 5,700 polling centers with Iraqi security forces and U.S. and British troops. But Iraqi officials have warned that they expect a series of large attacks on, and in the days before, election day.
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LEADING Iraqi political parties called last night for elections due on January 30 to be postponed, citing security concerns and inadequate preparation.
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A report by an independent commission says that it will be at least 12 to 18 months before Iraqâs army and police can take charge of the countryâs security.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Thousands of Iraqi police and soldiers launched a major security crackdown in the restive Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday, searching homes for weapons after all residents were ordered off the streets.
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Iraqis vote on Sunday in a landmark  election overshadowed by massive security to protect them  against insurgents who killed 20 people on Saturday and have  threatened a polling day bloodbath.
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: Iraqâs interim government declared a state of emergency for 60 days today ahead of January elections amid spiralling insurgent attacks that have killed 60 Iraqis in two days.
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Only four weeks before crucial  elections, sectarian divisions threaten to worsen Iraq's  unrest, with majority Shi'ite Muslims poised for political  dominance and many Sunni Arabs boycotting the polls or too  afraid to vote.
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Government forces fanned out across Baghdad, setting up checkpoints and frisking motorists in a major security operation to crackdown on violence in the capital. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki promised the crackdown would not target any ethnic or sectarian group.
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The impending attack could decentralize the Iraqi insurgency and increase the risk of violence during elections.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government declared a state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday ahead of January elections amid spiraling insurgent attacks that have killed 60 Iraqis in two days.
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IRAQ&#39;S landmark vote next month is under increasing pressure, with terrorism leader Osama bin Laden telling Iraqis anyone taking part in the elections will be &quot;infidels&quot;.
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Iraq compiled election results on  Tuesday and eased the security lockdown for the historic multi-  party vote despite al Qaeda's vow to pursue "holy war."