Power Check: Verdict Is Split in Iraqi Election
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The razor-thin margin apparently captured by the Shiite alliance seems almost certain to enshrine a weak government that will be unable to push through sweeping changes.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqi officials said yesterday that they must recount votes from about 300 ballot boxes because of various discrepancies, delaying the final results from the landmark national elections. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of other ballots were declared invalid because of alleged tampering.
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The decision announced yesterday by Iraqi, American and United Nations officials to hold elections on Jan 30 reflected a judgment that delaying voting would further embolden insurgents and nudge Iraq closer to anarchy.
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Voters turned out in large numbers on Tuesday to deliver an unpredictable verdict on President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry as the long, bitter and deadlocked White House race drew to a close.
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Top U.S. officials differed Friday over key details of planned Iraqi elections in January, including the unresolved issue of whether all Iraqis will be able to vote and who will protect them from their country's worsening violence.
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Americans remain sharply divided in their views of how President Bush is handling Iraq, and their confidence that a stable, democratic government will be established in that country has eroded, an Associated Press poll found.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi meets with members of the Independent Election Committee in Baghdad on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004. The committee presented the current state of preparation for elections (AP Photo/ Mohammed Messara, Pool).
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Just as in any election, it's the undecided voters who will make the difference in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD -- Iraqis voted yesterday in historic national elections in unexpectedly large numbers, despite insurgent attacks on voters and polling stations that killed at least 35 people and injured at least 171. Nine attackers also died.
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The United States is fighting a war in Iraq and Americans are divided over whether it&#39;s right. The war is a huge issue in the 2004 presidential election.
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Iraq&#39;s election body rejected a suggestion in Washington it adjust the results of next month&#39;s vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni areas means Shi&#39;ites
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Two aides to Iraq's top Shi'ite leader Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani have been killed in separate attacks apparently aimed at inflaming sectarian conflict among Iraqis already divided on whether Jan. 30 polls should go ahead.
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BAGHDAD -- Catapulted by heavy turnout among Iraq's long-oppressed Shi'ite Muslim majority, an alliance of Shi'ite religious parties won nearly half the vote in the national elections and will probably capture a narrow majority of seats in the new parliament, according to a nationwide tally released yesterday.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 22 -- Legislators were outraged, insults were hurled. Opponents dragged out old ethnic divisions and warned of a dark collusion.
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Both parties appeared to be maneuvering to gain political advantage from a relatively peaceful vote in Iraq.
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Top US officials differed Friday over key details of planned Iraqi elections in January, including the unresolved issue of whether all Iraqis will be able to vote and who will protect them from their country&#39;s worsening violence.
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In Iraq, the number of deaths is rising for both Iraq and the United States since insurgents have increased attacks. The violence is one reason why some of Iraqi&#39;s political leaders say the country&#39;s upcoming elections should be delayed.