Armitage faces hostile questions over Iraq election
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Political opponents of the United States Government have questioned its ability to ensure that full elections are held in Iraq in January.
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Senior officials in the Bush administration clashed yesterday over Iraq&#39;s transition to democracy after the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, suggested that the elections in January might be limited because of the chaos in parts of the country.
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British PM in Baghdad to discuss Iraqâs January elections with Allawi as violence shows no signs of abating in Iraq. By Peter Walker - BAGHDAD.
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The top US commander in Iraq has expressed concern about the ability of Iraqi forces to cope with security in the run-up to elections next month.
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Negative assessments of the war in Iraq -- the central issue in last month's midterm election -- continue to hold down President Bush's job approval ratings and could cast an pall on the final two years of his presidency.
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Australia's main political leaders clash over the country's role in Iraq, ahead of next month's general election.
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Reports that British troops based in the relatively calm south of Iraq could be redeployed under US command near strife-torn Baghdad drew a storm of criticism from opposition parties.
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Iraq has chosen January 30 for its first democratic election in decades but violence in Sunni Muslim areas is underlining the challenge of holding polls on time.
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Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage says violence in Iraq is bound to increase ahead of the country's January elections -- because the insurgents "fear" the balloting.
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The ability of Iraqi insurgents to snatch foreigners from their guarded Baghdad offices highlighted the country&#39;s poor security as US officials argued whether elections could be held in towns under rebel control.
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Violence in Iraq could worsen after this weekend's elections because insurgents may exploit the uncertain period while polling results are certified and the government assembled, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Wednesday.
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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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The Iraqi election season officially kicked off yesterday, and the mudslinging started right away. Iraq&#39;s defense minister, an ally of Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, blasted
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British troops will be questioned over the death of a civilian in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Â· Britain alarmed by critics in US administration Â· Ministers deny mission in southern Iraq has failed
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Whilst some may claim that the British are staunch allies of the United States (depite being having clearly different agendas on the World Stage), the recent request made to Britain for additional support, namely 600 troops from Black Watch to be moved North to Baghdad to help out the 130,000 US troops who want to move upto Fallujah, is being met by the British Parliament with what we might politely call some   hostility. As the Honourable member for Morecambe and Lunesdale (yes, it is as grim as it sounds), Geraldine Smith asks:    "I'm concerned about the timing. We've been asked by the Americans two weeks before their election to cover for their troops. Is this a ploy to allow Bush not to send more troops? If we made a decision to send troops tomorrow, it looks like we are stepping in to help out the President."
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Election centers have been bombed,  candidates and electoral officials threatened and even killed.  With only a week to go, intimidation is turning Iraq's landmark  polls into a new kind of secret ballot.