US Called Sunnis to Participate in Iraqi Elections
262785
US President George W. Bush told Iraqi Sunnis to use their veto during the Iraqi parliamentary elections, which will occur next month.
673234
Iraqi authorities set January 30 as the date for the nationâs first election since the collapse of Saddam Husseinâs dictatorship and pledged that voting would take place throughout the country, despite rising violence and calls by Sunni clerics for a
489506
Iraq's electoral commission is considering setting aside seats in the country's national assembly for Sunni Arab politicians and other groups if their supporters don't vote in the country's Jan. 30 elections for fear of attacks by insurgents, a U.S. official said Sunday.
294787
The United States is doing everything it can to put in place conditions that will allow Iraqis to conduct elections due by Jan. 30, Secretary of State Colin Powell said in an interview published on Tuesday.
117535
Osama bin Laden apparently urged Iraqis  to boycott U.S.-backed elections, endorsing Sunni Muslim  insurgents on the day a senior Shi'ite leader survived a car  bombing and the top Sunni party pulled out of next month's  vote.
153493
Until recently, the struggle over Iraq&#39;s election date has divided along sectarian lines. Sunnis, whose religious authorities
208615
Sunni-led Gulf Arab states, worried by  rising Shi'ite power in Iraq, urged the United States on  Tuesday to ensure all religious and ethnic groups take part in  next month's elections, which Shi'ites look poised to win.
573180
US forces stepped up operations yesterday across a wide swath of the Sunni insurgent strongholds northwest of the capital, pounding targets in three urban centers from the air and supporting Iraqi troops in raids on mosques suspected of harboring
95021
WASHINGTON  - The United States is talking to Iraqi leaders about ways to guarantee minority Sunni Muslims a minimum level of top posts in Iraq &#39;s future government, The New York Times reported.
191631
Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that it will be up to Iraq&#39;s newly elected government to reach out to minority Sunni Muslims if they fail to win much representation in nationwide elections Jan. 30.
504025
A key factor in determining the legitimacy of elections is the participation of the minority Sunni population.
749965
Baghdad -- A group representing thousands of Sunni Arab mosques around the country said Wednesday that it would call for a boycott of the elections in January if the US military and the Iraqi government continued the military operations around the
592421
The call for a six-month postponement of elections planned for Jan. 30 gives a boost to a movement largely led by Sunni Arabs.
515919
PETER CAVE: The Bush administration is considering guaranteeing a role for Sunni Muslims in Iraq&#39;s first democratic government as a way of trying to quell dissent and future violence.
123722
US and Iraqi leaders on Monday pledged to hold the Iraqi elections as scheduled amid continued violence in Iraq. &quot;I expressed my strong belief that Iraqi elections must
445105
Embattled Sunni Muslims in Iraq may sit out the vote
761489
BAGHDAD  - As the Iraqi government tried to warm up to the Sunni Arab minority ahead of January polls, its troops continued joint raids with US forces against insurgent bastions across the country.