Iraq's Basra Wary of Violence But Ready to Vote
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BASRA, Iraq  - Bristling with guards, the polling  station looks more like a fortress than a school, but Iraqis in  this Shi'ite Muslim city say the clampdown ahead of Sunday's  election day is reassuring.
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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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Iraq's interim PM  insists  January's election will take place even if violence stops some Iraqis from voting.
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Iraq's interim prime minister said Monday he's confident only a small number of people will boycott the Jan. 30 elections despite anger among many Sunni Muslims over the Fallujah offensive and a deadly U.S.-Iraqi raid on a Baghdad mosque.
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BASRA, Iraq  - A few hours before four polling  stations in his city were bombed, Iraqi election official  Ibrahim Hassan Qassam had sounded quite confident about safety  and the prospect for a fair vote on Sunday.
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Iraq chose Jan. 30 for its first  democratic election in decades on Sunday, but violence in Sunni  Muslim areas underlined the challenge of holding polls on time.
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President Bush says Iraqis can expect more violence ahead of next month&#39;s planned election, but he says the US military will help ensure that vote takes place as scheduled.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Iyad Allawi vowed yesterday that Iraq would go ahead with national elections by January, even if rampant violence and insurgent activity make it impossible to open polls in such cities as Fallujah, which has been controlled for months by gangs and rebels.
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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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The Iraqi political campaign officially kicked off yesterday, colored by hope but tempered by violence that highlighted security concerns
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A few hours before four polling stations in his city were bombed, Iraqi election official Ibrahim Hassan Qassam had sounded quite confident about safety and the prospect for a fair vote on Sunday.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraqi Shiite leaders braced for greater violence but vowed to push ahead with elections in January after twin car bombs claimed the lives of 66 people in the pilgrimage cities of Najaf and Karbala.
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Iraq is determined to press ahead with elections in January, its interim Prime Minister said yesterday, despite the upsurge in violence that has led Tony Blair to talk about a &quot;second&quot; conflict in the country.
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Iraqi authorities set Jan. 30 as the date for the nation's first election since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship and pledged that voting would take place throughout the country despite rising violence and calls by Sunni clerics for a boycott.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday elections would be held as planned in January despite a surge in violence across the country.
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Conditions for Iraq's election are far  from ideal and violence is expected on the day, but the vote  will go ahead on Jan. 30 and should be credible, the U.N.'s top  election official in Iraq said on Saturday.
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Pressure is rising to establish an Iraqi military capable of securing the country by January elections.