Arabs Say Iraq Vote Gives Democracy a Bad Name
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President Bush sees Sunday's election in Iraq as a beacon for freedom in the Middle East, but Arab reformers say the poll will set back their cause.
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Arab officials and commentators said Tuesday they feared the budding dialogue between Washington and Iran could cut them out of the debate over the future of Iraq, one of the region's most important countries.
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Tunisians voted on Sunday in general  elections boycotted by several opposition parties but praised  by President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's leader for 17  years, as a boost to democracy.
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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.
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WASHINGTON Arabs are divided on the American elections between a skeptical majority that sees no difference between George W. Bush and John Kerry and a hopeful minority that believes Kerry could narrow the gap between the Muslim world and the West.
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After months of closely covering Iraq's mayhem, Arab news outlets found that violence wasn't the story on election day - the voting was.
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Senior Arab officials attending a US-sponsored conference in the Middle East rejected the Bush administration&#39;s assertion that greater democracy would help end terrorism
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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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BASRA, Iraq -- Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, who is responsible for bringing democracy to Iraq, got a stirring taste of electoral politics on a recent swing through the impoverished Shi'ite south of the country.
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Arab leaders rebuked the United States yesterday for its policy toward Israel, saying US efforts to curb Muslim extremism and promote democracy in the Middle East could
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Upcoming elections in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian Authority are initial steps on still rocky paths to democracy.
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It is not quite right to say that today is the first time that Iraq's people have had the opportunity to go to the polls.
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Groups fear that a vote amid persistent violence and a boycott by Sunnis would deprive the results of legitimacy.
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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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People across the Middle East voiced cautious optimism about Iraq's elections Sunday, saying they send a strong message that insurgents have been unsuccessful in scuttling the landmark poll, but also expressing concern that the chaos will not allow for a truly representative result.
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Iraq's election body rejected a  suggestion in Washington it adjust the results of next month's  vote to benefit the Sunni minority if low turnout in Sunni  areas means Shi'ites win an exaggerated majority in the new  assembly.
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AMMAN, Jordan  - Thousands of Iraqis voted abroad  Sunday as their compatriots at home braved bombs and threats to  go the polls in the first multi-party election in 50 years.