Politicians in Iraq call for delay to elections
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Leading Iraqi political parties have called for forthcoming elections to be delayed because of mounting violence in the country. Fifteen political parties - including two Kurdish groups
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Iraq's interim government, preparing for an election next month while fighting a bloody insurgency, asked some of Saddam's Hussein's disbanded army to come back to work on Wednesday.
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Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, urged the United Nations yesterday to do &quot;whatever it takes&quot; to make sure democratic elections come off as planned in January.
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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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Ideally, no election should ever take place under the kinds of conditions currently present in Iraq. The question is, will conditions get substantially better if the election is postponed?
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Iraq&#39;s election commission was expected today to consider a call by top political parties to delay January&#39;s vote because of violence gripping the country.
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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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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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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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Leading Iraqi political parties, including the two main Kurdish groups closely allied to the United States, have called for elections scheduled for January 30 to be postponed because of Iraq&#39;s widening violence.
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Senator John Kerry's presidential team accused the Bush administration of delaying major US offensives in Iraq until after November's election.
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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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The decision announced yesterday by Iraqi, American and United Nations officials to hold elections on Jan 30 reflected a judgment that delaying voting would further embolden insurgents and nudge Iraq closer to anarchy.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - An official of a Sunni political party said Thursday the group would push forward with demands to postpone general elections despite statements the government was committed to holding the vote on Jan. 30.
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More Iraqi interim government officials are calling for postponing Jan. 30 elections to ensure a higher Sunni voter turnout, a sign that a campaign of violence might be taking its toll on Iraqi resolve. The country's electoral commission, however, insists that voting take place as scheduled.
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Baghdad, Nov. 29 (NNN) : Iraqâs interim deputy prime minister has said that postponing the forthcoming Iraqi elections would be giving in to terrorism.
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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