Shiite Faction Ready to Shun Sunday's Election in Iraq
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A radical cleric's refusal to endorse the election foreshadowed a less than overwhelming voter turnout in Iraq.
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Iraq said Tuesday it would shut its  land borders and bar traffic from getting close to voting  centers over the Jan. 30 polls to try to thwart attacks, as  insurgents targeted a Shi'ite party with a suicide bomb.
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An Islamic militant group in Iraq warned Muslims to skip the country&#39;s coming elections, and said anyone who runs for office would be branded an infidel and &quot;punished in the name of God.
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As Iraq's Sunni Muslims ponder boycotting the Jan. 30 election and some press for a delay, the majority Shiite Muslims face another threat to their expected victory: a split in Shiite ranks that could cost them the chance to dominate the next parliament.
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Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has threatened to withdraw his support for nationwide elections unless changes are made to the electoral system.
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Iraq's elections will be legitimate if roughly half the Sunni Arab minority votes despite threats of violence, a leading politician in the Shi'ite alliance expected to dominate the polls said on Saturday.
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The final vote tally from Iraq's  election was due to be announced on Sunday, two weeks after the  historic polls that are expected to confirm Shi'ite political  dominance but marginalize the restive Sunni Arab minority.
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A powerful group of Sunni Muslim clerics threatened on Sunday to call a boycott of Iraq's first free elections in decades if U.S. forces launch a widely-expected assault on the rebel stronghold of Fallujah.
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Under the guidance of Iraq&#39;s most powerful Shiite cleric, Shiite parties presented a list Thursday of 228 candidates for next month&#39;s elections.
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A sectarian split is a risk in Iraq's Jan. 30 election.
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 27 -- Iraq's Shiite Muslim parties and the religious leadership headed by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on Saturday rejected a demand by other communities for a delay in nationwide elections scheduled for Jan. 30, in an escalating dispute that magnifies the country's ethnic and sectarian fault lines.
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Iraq's interim president warned today against Iranian meddling in Iraqi politics ahead of elections next month and said his countrymen must reject religious government.
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A leading Shiite political figure showed signs of unease on Thursday about the risks that the continuing violence here poses for the elections.
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Iraq&#39;s most powerful Shiite cleric is opposing a drive by prominent Sunni and Kurdish political factions to delay elections scheduled for Jan. 30, an aide to the cleric and Shiite leaders said Saturday.
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Iraq&#39;s election body rejected a suggestion in Washington that it adjust the results of next month&#39;s vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni areas means Shiites win an exaggerated majority in the new assembly.
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An escalating political rift among Iraq&#39;s main religious groups and continued violence throughout the country are threatening parliamentary elections set for January.
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BAGHDAD: Iraqâs main Sunni Muslim political party threatened on Thursday to boycott the countryâs first free election if it goes ahead on January 30 as scheduled.