Iraq's Top Sunni Party Withdraws from Jan Vote
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Iraq's top Sunni Muslim party is  withdrawing from Jan. 30 elections, saying persistent violence  would keep people from voting in the Sunni north and west.
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In another significant blow to Iraq's upcoming elections, the entire 13-member Electoral Commission in Anbar province west and north of the capital resigned after being threatened by insurgents, a regional newspaper reported on Sunday.
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A new political accord between Iraq's main Sunni Arab, Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders will not be enough to lure boycotting Sunni Arabs back into the government, a spokesman for the biggest Sunni Arab bloc said on Monday.
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab political bloc will end its boycott of the country's Shi'ite-dominated parliament, officials said on Thursday.
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BASRA, Iraq  - British troops withdrew Saturday from radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's main office in the southern city of Basra, a day after occupying the building and seizing an arms cache in fighting that killed three and wounded five, the British military and police said.
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BAGHDAD, 26 November 2004 - Iraqâs Sunni Muslim political parties yesterday threatened to boycott the Jan. 30 election. âWe call for elections to be postponed for six months because the security situation
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - An official of a Sunni political party said Thursday the group would push forward with demands to postpone general elections despite statements the government was committed to holding the vote on Jan. 30.
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Iraqi interim government officials and the country&#39;s election commission have all but ruled out demands by Sunni Arab parties to postpone parliamentary elections scheduled for January
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Iraq's main Sunni Muslim party, which had threatened to boycott Iraq's first free election on Jan. 30, is among 79 parties and blocs that have registered lists for the poll, election officials said.
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Iraq's most influential Sunni group will abandon its call for a boycott of Jan. 30 elections if the United States gives a timetable for withdrawing multinational forces, a spokesman for the group said Sunday.
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The party of former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmed Chalabi has suspended one of its most senior members for visiting Israel.
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A suicide bomber tried to kill the leader of Iraq&#39;s most powerful Shi&#39;ite political group Monday while the main Sunni party withdrew from the country&#39;s January 30th election.
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BAGHDAD: Iraqâs main Sunni Muslim political party threatened on Thursday to boycott the countryâs first free election if it goes ahead on January 30 as scheduled.
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BAGHDAD - In separate events Monday that clouded prospects for next month&#39;s Iraqi elections, a car bomber killed 15 people in an attack against the main Shiite Muslim party and the most prominent Sunni Muslim party said it was dropping out of the race.
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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government Saturday brushed aside Sunni Muslim demands to delay the Jan. 30 election. Talk of delaying the election gained momentum after influential Sunni Muslim politicians urged the
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Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc said on Friday it was suspending its participation in cabinet because of legal steps being taken against one of its ministers, deepening the sectarian gulf between the country's politicians.
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Embattled Sunni Muslims in Iraq may sit out the vote