Militant Groups Warn Iraqis Not to Vote
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Three militant groups warned Iraqis against voting in Jan. 30 elections, saying Thursday that people participating in the ``dirty farce&#39;&#39; risked attack.
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Iraq's main Shi'ite parties insisted on Saturday that elections should go ahead on Jan. 30 as planned, rejecting mounting calls from Sunni and secular politicians to postpone the polls because of guerrilla violence.
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A militant group claiming to have kidnapped three foreign election workers in Afghanistan told news agencies Saturday that the hostages would be killed unless all Taliban
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A group of 17 leading Iraqi political organizations, including some of America&#39;s closest allies, called Friday for a postponement of elections scheduled for Jan. 30, citing the violence and a lack of preparations.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Dec 31, 2004 - Three militant groups released a statement saying democracy is un-Islamic and warned Iraqis that if they vote in Jan. 30 elections they risk being attacked.
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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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Insurgents vowing total war on Iraq's  election killed 17 people on the eve of the vote on Saturday  and the country's president warned the violence would scare  most Iraqis away from the polls.
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A militant Iraqi group appealed Sunday to the country's top Sunni Muslim body for an edict on whether the kidnapping of foreigners who work for occupation forces is acceptable under Islam.
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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.
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A powerful group of Sunni Muslim clerics threatened Sunday to call a boycott of Iraqi elections planned for January if US forces launch a widely expected full-scale assault on rebel-held Falluja.
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OSAMA bin Laden has urged Iraqis to boycott next month&#39;s poll, claiming the constitution setting up the new government is blasphemous to Muslims and only &quot;infidels&quot; would vote.
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Many Iraqis will be too scared to vote, the interim president says, as a rocket strikes the US embassy in Baghdad.
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Staff members of a group helping Iraqis register to vote in their homeland's upcoming elections were told to leave their offices because village officials were concerned about security.
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Iraqi unrest poses a threat to the outside world as Islamist groups gain experience and contacts, the CIA warns.
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Religious and political leaders gather at the Umm al-Qura Sunni Muslim mosque outside Baghdad, where clerics called for their followers to boycott Iraq&#39;s January elections.
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THE THREAT: The Association of Muslim Scholars promises to boycott critical January elections in Iraq if coalition forces attack Fallujah.
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BAGHDAD -- The most wanted militant in Iraq declared a "fierce war" against democracy yesterday and repeated a threat to disrupt national elections scheduled for Jan. 30.