A High-Risk Election in Iraq
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Delaying the January vote would raise new dangers. So will going ahead
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Iraqis vote on Sunday in a landmark  election overshadowed by massive security to protect them  against insurgents who killed 20 people on Saturday and have  threatened a polling day bloodbath.
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Officials have developed a plan to encircle the 5,700 polling centers with Iraqi security forces and U.S. and British troops. But Iraqi officials have warned that they expect a series of large attacks on, and in the days before, election day.
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In less than five weeks, Iraqis hope to elect their own government. But before a single vote has been cast, the results are in. The Shiites have won.
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Sudden attack on convoy in Mosul underscores risks in securing Iraq before the Jan. 30 elections.
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Extra security measures are being introduced in Iraq ahead of Sunday's election - the first since the invasion.
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The tougher approach by US forces is intended to stabilize the country before elections, but offensives bring new risks. For the first time in the Iraq war, according to military officials, US aircraft last week directly bombed a mosque.
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BAGHDAD, 26 November 2004 - Iraqâs Sunni Muslim political parties yesterday threatened to boycott the Jan. 30 election. âWe call for elections to be postponed for six months because the security situation
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The attack underscored the fragility of the electoral process in Iraq and evoked the lurking threat of sectarian strife.
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IRAQâS electoral commission announced yesterday that the countryâs first polls would be held on January 30, amid rising concern that violence would make voting impossible in many Sunni-dominated areas.
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In large swaths of Iraq, campaigning is done in the shadows by candidates who are often too terrified to say their names.
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Key political players in Iraq's election:
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If Iraqi elections are allowed to take place as scheduled on Jan. 30, it is all too easy to imagine the nightmare that might ensue.
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IRAQ&#39;S landmark vote next month is under increasing pressure, with terrorism leader Osama bin Laden telling Iraqis anyone taking part in the elections will be &quot;infidels&quot;.
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Three militant insurgent groups in Iraq have warned Iraqis not to vote in the 30 January election. Describing the election as a &quot;dirty farce&quot;, a statement posted on a website said anyone who took part in the election would not be safe.
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As random selection placed registered entrants on a ballot that is expected to be several pages long, officials worried that violence aimed at preventing the election is surging.
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Iraq had a rare moment out of the world spotlight in the past week, eclipsed by the tsunami devastation in Southeast Asia. But the country saw a host of critically important political developments and deadly attacks that could cripple elections set for Jan. 30, and that suggest the insurgents are refining their strategy to wreck the vote.