Powell: Worsening insurgency makes election difficult in Iraq
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that the escalating insurgency in Iraq could make the organizing of election in the country difficult, while atleast 16 people were killed in rebel attacks in Iraq.
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Ideally, no election should ever take place under the kinds of conditions currently present in Iraq. The question is, will conditions get substantially better if the election is postponed?
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Only four weeks before crucial  elections, sectarian divisions threaten to worsen Iraq's  unrest, with majority Shi'ite Muslims poised for political  dominance and many Sunni Arabs boycotting the polls or too  afraid to vote.
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Brazen attacks against Iraqis assisting the U.S. have deepened the sense of growing mayhem as January elections approach.
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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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As the offensive against Fallujah ends, U.S. military commanders have begun turning their attention to other restive regions of Iraq, where an insurgency in Sunni Muslim-dominated areas has proved resilient, possibly endangering nationwide elections scheduled for Jan. 30.
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Unlike his boss (George Bush), who claims Iraq is making steady progress towards the election next year, the US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, admits that the violence in Iraq is getting worse.
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Iraqi insurgents appear to be  holding back on their violence in order to make a "more  spectacular" attack just before or on next Sunday's national  elections, a U.S. general said on Monday.
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WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Colin Powell sees the situation in Iraq "getting worse" as planned elections approach, and the top U.S. military commander for Iraq says he expects more violence ahead...
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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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A sectarian split is a risk in Iraq's Jan. 30 election.
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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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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said that "we are all worried" about events in Iraq after the election set for Jan. 30, but he rejected an assertion that the election might leave Iraq even less secure.
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The organizational challenges of mounting fair elections in Iraq have been lost in the wash of violence and political strife.
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Insurgents threatened a bloodbath on  Sunday when Iraqis go to the polls in an election intended to  unite the country and quell violence but which could instead  foment sectarian strife.
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COLIN Powell, the American secretary of state, yesterday admitted that insurgency in Iraq was worsening, as two car bombs were detonated outside the rebel town of Falluja.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday said anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world had increased and the insurgency in Iraq was worsening, but the United