Sunni politicians urge delay in voting
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Iraqi government will meet with backers of Hussein to try to get them to end rebellion. â¢ Weapons discovered: US troops said they uncovered the largest weapons cache to date in Fallujah.
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Iraq&#39;s electoral commission says it will consider a call by top political parties to delay January elections because of violence gripping the country.
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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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Leading Iraqi political groups are calling on the interim government to delay national elections scheduled for January 30, because of ongoing violence in the country.
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Iraq&#39;s largest party of Sunni Muslims has warned of civil war if elections scheduled for Jan. 30 aren&#39;t moved back six months, The Times of London reports.
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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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LEADING Iraqi political parties called last night for elections due on January 30 to be postponed, citing security concerns and inadequate preparation.
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BAGHDAD -- Leading Iraqi politicians called yesterday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as US forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent victims of an intimidation campaign by insurgents against Iraq's fledgling security forces.
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Iraq may modify plans for its first  free election to give people more time to vote next month,  officials said Wednesday as suicide bombers and gunmen again  struck Sunni Muslim towns north and west of the capital.
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Elections in Iraq scheduled to take place by Jan. 31 may be postponed by continued widespread violence or a coordinated boycott by Sunni Muslims, US and Iraqi officials said.
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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.
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Iraq&#39;s electoral commission has said it will consider a request from leading political parties to delay general elections scheduled for 30 January.
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Iraq's president, an influential Sunni Muslim, threw his support Wednesday behind holding the Jan. 30 election on time despite insurgent threats he said have paralyzed voter registration voter registration in some Sunni areas of the country.
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BAGHDAD -- President Ghazi al-Yawer of Iraq, an influential Sunni Muslim, threw his support yesterday behind holding the Jan. 30 election on time despite insurgent threats he said have paralyzed voter registration in some Sunni areas.
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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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The interim prime minister of Iraq, Ayad Allawi, met here today with Sunni Arab leaders to try to persuade them to take part in the Iraqi elections planned for late next month.
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Iraq's electoral commission is to discuss a request by leading parties to postpone 30 January general elections.