Arabs Propose Delaying Iraq Vote
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BAGHDAD, 23 November 2004 - Some Arab delegations at a meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, with counterparts from Iraqâs neighbors and the United States among others, yesterday said it may be better to delay the polls in Iraq to ensure full participation.
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WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon may bolster US forces in Iraq for the January elections by delaying the departure of some troops and speeding the arrival of others, US officials said yesterday.
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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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BAGHDAD -- Leading Sunni Muslim politicians sought postponement yesterday of the Jan. 30 national elections, and a senior official said the government had agreed to meet outside the country with Saddam Hussein supporters to try to persuade them to abandon the insurgency.
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Arab delegations to an international conference on Iraq said on Monday it might turn out better to delay Iraqi elections beyond January to ensure full participation.
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Iraqi elections sheduled to take place by January 31 may be postponed due to continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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Iraqi political figures continued on Sunday to react to a movement by Sunni Arabs to delay elections by six months.
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Several political groups in Iraq are calling for the postponement of national elections, scheduled for January 30. The parties, mostly Sunni Muslim, Kurdish and secular groups, cited security
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BAGHDAD - Iraq&#39;s Independent Electoral Commission said on Wednesday it may consider holding next month&#39;s elections over an extended period, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had suggested.
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A spokesman for Iraq&#39;s interim government has rejected calls, mainly by Sunni and Kurdish groups, to postpone the country&#39;s first national elections.
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More than a dozen Iraqi political parties want elections in Iraq postponed until security at the polls can be guaranteed, but President Bush said Thursday the Jan. 30 date for elections is firm and should not be changed.
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IRAQI Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in an interview with Chinese state media today that landmark elections planned for next month could be delayed in some parts of Iraq due to fragile security.
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Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission said on Wednesday it may consider holding next month's elections over an extended period, as Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had suggested.
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Delaying Iraq's elections beyond  Jan. 30 would give insurgents a tactical victory and provide no  guarantee that security there would improve, Bush  administration officials said on Wednesday.
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The call for a six-month postponement of elections planned for Jan. 30 gives a boost to a movement largely led by Sunni Arabs.
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Iraqi interim government officials and the country&#39;s election commission have all but ruled out demands by Sunni Arab parties to postpone parliamentary elections scheduled for January
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Iraq's neighbors, worried about low Sunni Arab turnout in the country's upcoming elections, are mounting a behind-the-scenes push to persuade the interim government to meet with opposition leaders in what they call a reconciliation effort.