Sunni Party Pulls Out of Iraq Vote As Doubts Grow
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The largest political party representing Iraq &#39;s Sunni Muslim minority announced Monday that it would drop out of the Jan. 30 election, dealing
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A Sunni group that had called for a delay in voting quietly files its slate for balloting. â¢ Seven Iraqis were killed Thursday in clashes in Baghdad and the volatile city of Ramadi.
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BAGHDAD -- Leading Sunni Muslim politicians sought postponement yesterday of the Jan. 30 national elections, and a senior official said the government had agreed to meet outside the country with Saddam Hussein supporters to try to persuade them to abandon the insurgency.
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Iraq's main Sunni Muslim political party says it is withdrawing from next month's general elections.
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A sectarian split is a risk in Iraq's Jan. 30 election.
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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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Leading Sunni clerics declared on Wednesday that any government emerging from Iraq's historic election would lack legitimacy because many people had boycotted a poll they said was tainted by a U.S.-led occupation.
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The Iraqi government Saturday brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election, and a spokesman for the majority Shiite community called the date &quot;nonnegotiable
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The grass-roots movement led by Shiite clergy is signaling its doubts about the Iraqi election, ending months of ambiguity over whether Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr had surrendered his arms for a place in the political process.
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hours before the most prominent Sunni party withdrew from the historic poll. party set up in exile in Iran to oppose
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Iraq&#39;s Electoral Commission on Sunday dismissed suggestions from Washington that minority Sunni Arabs could get extra seats in parliament after next month&#39;s election to avoid Shi&#39;ite domination if Sunnis fail to vote.
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BAGHDAD -- The interim Iraqi government brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election yesterday. And a spokesman for the majority Shiite Muslim community called the date &quot;non-negotiable.
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Washington is pressing neighboring  countries to persuade Sunnis in Iraq to vote in next month's  elections, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday, the  same day the top party from the minority group withdrew from  the ballot.
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Iraq's main Sunni Muslim party, which  had threatened to boycott Iraq's first free election on Jan.  30, is among 79 parties and blocs that have registered lists  for the poll, election officials said.
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Leaders of Iraq's Sunni minority say they have failed to generate any enthusiasm for nationwide elections scheduled for January.
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The political movement loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr withdraws from Iraq's governing Shia alliance.
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Capturing the city could mean a Sunni election boycott, but leaving it in rebel hands would also jeopardize the poll