Iraq Poll Won't End Violence, Say US, UK Officials
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Violence in Iraq is unlikely to subside  after Sunday's election and may well get worse before it gets  better, U.S. and British officials say, a sentiment seconded by  many Iraqis.
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By James Cusick, Westminster Editor, and Zainab Naji in Baghdad. The British and United States governments are on course for another confrontation with the United Nations over the proposed elections in Iraq.
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The British government underlined on Thursday that it will not "cut and run" from Iraq following that country's election this month, denying reports that London is pushing Washington to set a timetable for ...
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The United States is unlikely to   begin cutting its troops in Iraq until at least mid-2007 as   they try to stop sectarian violence from degenerating into   civil war, a senior general said on Tuesday.
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Iraq can hold credible polls on time despite relentless bombings and kidnappings by anti-U.S. insurgents bent on derailing the political process, the top U.N. elections expert in the country said Monday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  - At least 21 people, including 17 Iraqis working for the US military, were killed yesterday as a senior UN official warned that crucial elections could not be held in the current climate of violence.
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Conditions for Iraq's election are far  from ideal and violence is expected on the day, but the vote  will go ahead on Jan. 30 and should be credible, the U.N.'s top  election official in Iraq said on Saturday.
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U.S. plans to add military muscle to curb sectarian violence in Baghdad will achieve only limited success without a political agreement among Iraq's religious and sectarian factions on the future of the country.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 28  - US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday that the insurgency in Iraq &quot;will not end,&quot; as insurgents are determined to derail the country&#39;s democratic transition.
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Britain's Tony Blair forecast an upsurge in violence in Iraq ahead of planned January elections but said Wednesday he had not yet decided on a U.S. request for back-up from UK troops.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told marines in Iraq&#39;s restive western provinces today to expect a spike in violence before January polls and that US forces would stay at current levels at least until next year.
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BAGHDAD  - At least 21 people were killed in the latest in a renewed spree of attacks to hit Iraq, as a top UN official issued a stark warning that elections could not be held in the current climate of violence.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Six British and US soldiers have been killed in attacks in Iraq over the past 24 hours, while warplanes continued to pound rebel-held Fallujah and Prime Minister Iyad Allawi tried Friday to rally European support for his battered country.
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Iraq's interim Prime Minister told British media in an interview published on Monday he wanted elections to go ahead as planned in January even if violence prevented some Iraqis from voting.
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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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Iraq's president said on Saturday he  expected violence to deter the majority of Iraqis from voting  in Sunday's landmark election.
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BAGHDAD  - Iraq&#39;s electoral commission was due to study a call by top leaders to delay the January 30 polls because of violence gripping the country, as US-led troops continued their anti-insurgency crackdown.