Iraqi Official Derides U.N. Election Aid
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The United Nations has not sent enough election workers to help out with vital balloting in Iraq set for January, the Iraqi foreign minister said Wednesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq that new military campaigns in Fallujah and other insurgent strongholds could jeopardize upcoming elections, according to a letter obtained Friday.
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Iraq on Wednesday urged international donors to speed up funding for reconstruction, stalled by violence and insurgency, and said holding elections was key to improving security.
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Political opponents of the United States Government have questioned its ability to ensure that full elections are held in Iraq in January.
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TOKYO - Iraq's deputy leader pleaded with donors Wednesday to fulfill their promises of aid to help rebuild his war-ravaged nation, and accused the United Nations of failing to provide crucial support.    Of the $13.6 billion in grants and loans promised last year by nations and lending institutions, only about $1 billion has been deposited in World Bank and U.N...
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The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. on Friday accused the No. 2 U.N. official of discrediting the United Nations by criticizing American and British diplomacy over Darfur, his latest attack on the deputy.
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Iraq&#39;s interim defense minister has lashed out at neighbors Iran and Syria, accusing them of aiding wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Saddam Hussein loyalists in Iraq.
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Iraq's ambassador to the Netherlands confronted Iran's foreign minister during a speech Wednesday, accusing his country of hypocrisy in its rhetoric against the United States.
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A senior Iraqi official criticized the United States on Thursday for disbanding the Iraqi army in 2003 and said it should not withdraw without reforming Iraqi security forces heavily infiltrated by sectarian militias.
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The idea is backed by the U.N. but is opposed by other Iraqi leaders, among them the countryÂs Kurdish president and Mr. MalikiÂs chief Shiite rival.
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Iraq&#39;s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki  lashed out on Sunday at U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful  Hillary Clinton who had called for him to be replaced and  criticized the U.S. military for killing civilians.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan questioned on Wednesday whether Iraq could hold elections  in January if violence persisted and said the U.S.-led invasion  of Iraq was illegal because it violated the U.N. Charter.
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UN chief Kofi Annan tells the BBC the Iraq war was illegal and warns elections are at threat from ongoing unrest.
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Iraq's interim government complained Wednesday that the United Nations isn't doing enough to help prepare for January elections, saying the organization has sent fewer electoral workers than it did when tiny East Timor voted to secede from Indonesia.
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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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The United Nations rejected US demands to increase the number of its staff in Iraq ahead of the national elections, planned for January 30.
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The United Nations has failed to fully staff its operation in Iraq, imperiling the timing and quality of the country's elections, U.S. officials and election experts said.