Iraq Cites Voting Problems in Mosul Area
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Iraqi election commission officials said Monday that more than 15,000 people were unable to vote in the Mosul area because of irregularities.
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BAGHDAD -- Leading Iraqi politicians called yesterday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as US forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent victims of an intimidation campaign by insurgents against Iraq's fledgling security forces.
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BASRA, Iraq  - Bristling with guards, the polling  station looks more like a fortress than a school, but Iraqis in  this Shi'ite Muslim city say the clampdown ahead of Sunday's  election day is reassuring.
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Iraq&#39;s interim government voiced confidence on Monday that an election it has scheduled for Jan. 30 will go ahead despite violence and intimidation in some areas and
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BAGHDAD - Leading Iraqi politicians called Friday for a six-month delay in the Jan. 30 election because of the spiraling violence as US forces uncovered more bodies in the northern city of Mosul, apparent
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Some couldn't read, but knew their party's identification number on the ballot. Others couldn't see, but were led to the polls by police. Across wide swathes of Iraq, especially in the southern Shiite and northern Kurdish areas, Iraqis went to the polls Sunday, expressing fierce determination and pride, together with hope that the election will improve their hard lives.
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Iraq's deputy prime minister says elections must go ahead; 43 suspected insurgents arrested in Mosul; car bomb kills six
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Tens of thousands of Iraqis, notably in restive Sunni Arab areas, may have been denied their right to vote on Sunday because of insufficient ballots and polling centers, officials said.
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Insurgents were in charge of some areas of south and western Mosul on Saturday, holding two police stations and manning road blocks, as Iraq's third largest city appeared to slide out of U.S. and Iraqi control.
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Several political groups in Iraq are calling for the postponement of national elections, scheduled for January 30. The parties, mostly Sunni Muslim, Kurdish and secular groups, cited security
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Iraq's president said Saturday that many Iraqis will stay away from the polls in his country's historic election because of security fears and warned the vote will fail if Sunnis don't participate.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - A semblance of calm returned to  Mosul on Friday after U.S. forces carried out air strikes on  insurgents, but residents said Iraq's third largest city  remained tense and Iraqi police were nowhere to be seen.
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Three weeks before elections, areas of 4 of Iraq's 18 provinces are not secure enough to vote, Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz said.
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Iraqi authorities set Jan. 30 as the date for the nation's first election since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's dictatorship and pledged that voting would take place throughout the country despite rising violence and calls by Sunni clerics for a boycott.
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Leading Iraqi political parties have called for forthcoming elections to be delayed because of mounting violence in the country. Fifteen political parties - including two Kurdish groups
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Separate attacks in Mosul, Iraq, over two days also wounded eight, underscoring security concerns in the country's third-largest city with just 18 days left before nationwide elections take place.
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IRAQâS electoral commission announced yesterday that the countryâs first polls would be held on January 30, amid rising concern that violence would make voting impossible in many Sunni-dominated areas.