U.S. Officials Differ on Iraqi Elections
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WASHINGTON - Top U.S. officials differed Friday over key details of planned Iraqi elections in January, including the unresolved issue of whether all Iraqis will be able to vote and who will protect them from their country's worsening violence...
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq remains on course to hold landmark elections in January, but violence could force authorities to exclude hot spots such as the western city of Fallujah from voting, a top US general said yesterday.
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Plan to channel funds from reconstruction to security signals focus on shorter-term goal of holding elections. WASHINGTON - After more than a year of effort in Iraq, the United States appears to be recalibrating
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With just over two weeks until the Iraq election, the Bush administration played down voter turnout Wednesday in determining the election's legitimacy and urged Americans not to get bogged in a numbers game in judging the balloting.
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U.S.-funded programs stand at the heart of the American effort to make Iraq a model of democracy in the Arab world, but leading up to the country's upcoming elections, the overriding concern is security.
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BAGHDAD -- With Iraq still counting millions of ballots from Sunday's historic national elections, US and Iraqi officials looked ahead yesterday to their most pressing challenges, from taming an insurgency that mounted a record 250 attacks on election day to coaxing the many Sunni Muslims who did not vote into accepting the new government.
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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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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Colin Powell last night acknowledged that organising elections throughout Iraq in January could be difficult because of the unrest in the country.
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The Iraqi government has made mixed progress in meeting political and security goals, a U.S. official said on Thursday, citing a report that may add to rising calls for a change of course in the unpopular war.
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Delaying Iraq's elections beyond  Jan. 30 would give insurgents a tactical victory and provide no  guarantee that security there would improve, Bush  administration officials said on Wednesday.
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State  Richard Armitage clashed publicly with Defense Secretary Donald  Rumsfeld on Friday over whether Iraq's upcoming elections  should cover the whole country or be held only in areas where  security could be guaranteed.
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An October surprise might take place in Iraq that could affect the outcome of the US presidential election. There could even be two October surprises.
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Questions are growing over whether Iraq will be able to hold fully nationwide elections in January as part of its planned transition to a more democratic system of government.
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WASHINGTON -- Elections will take place throughout Iraq in January with no exceptions, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday, contradicting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's suggestion that the first democratic poll may not be held in some regions controlled by insurgents.
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The Iraqi government brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election, and a spokesman for the majority Shiite community called the date "nonnegotiable." Insurgents stepped up attacks, blasting U.S. patrols in Baghdad and killing a U.S. soldier north of the capital.
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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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The United States and Iraq were at odds   on Saturday over the transfer of operational control of Iraq's   military to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government, forcing   a delay of a handover ceremony.