Jordan&#39;s Abdullah: Iraq not ready for Jan. election
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King Abdullah of Jordan, one of the United States key allies in the Middle East, has come out strongly against holding elections in Iraq in January.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told lawmakers Monday that Iraqi forces were not ready to take over security from the U.S. military across the country.
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The head of Iraq&#39;s electoral commission says he is not empowered to delay the country&#39;s elections as demanded by some political parties, but he does not rule out a postponement.
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Jordan&#39;s King Abdullah says only extremists will gain if Iraqi elections go ahead as planned in January. In a text distributed in advance of an interview with the French daily newspaper
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Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says national elections scheduled for Jan. 30 could be staged over two or three weeks so that the military can protect voters in dangerous places.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government intends to proceed with elections in January even if the United Nations withdraws its experts from the country
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The interim prime minister of Iraq, Iyad Allawi, has told a joint session of the US Congress, elections scheduled for January will go ahead, saying the Iraqi people are determined not to allow insurgent and terrorist attacks to spoil election plans.
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28 September 2004 -- Jordanian King Abdullah II said in an interview today that elections in Iraq are &quot;impossible&quot; amid the continuing insecurity.
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Iraq&#39;s vice president conceded Saturday that voting might not be possible in all parts of the country when elections are held in in January.
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PARIS : King Abdullah of Jordan held talks on the Middle East with President Jacques Chirac after warning in a newspaper interview that elections in Iraq are impossible in the current state of insecurity.
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BAGHDAD - Iraq will hold national elections on January 27, the country&#39;s vice-president Ibrahim al-Jaafari said Friday. The war-torn country is currently ruled by an interim government appointed last June
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has insisted that elections should be conducted in Iraq on schedule although violence could prevent the polls going ahead in the country&#39;s
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday elections would be held on schedule in January despite a surge in violence and more than a score of hostages under threat of death from insurgents.
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Iraq should go ahead with plans for an election in January to hand a ``big defeat&#39;&#39; to terrorists, who are trying to undermine the country&#39;s stability, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told the UK&#39;s GMTV television program.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi told Congress on Thursday Iraq would hold elections in January despite the flaring insurgency, and urged the US-led coalition not to bow to terrorist forces.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A group of 17 leading Iraqi political organizations, including some of America&#39;s closest allies, called Friday for a postponement of elections scheduled for Jan. 30, citing the violence and a lack of preparations.
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Iraq's elections will go ahead as scheduled in January even if some Iraqis are unable to vote due to the security situation in the country, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said in an interview published in the several western daily newspapers.