US commander says insurgents threaten Afghan election
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KABUL, Afghanistan US-led forces trying to protect next month&#39;s landmark elections in Afghanistan are facing a rising wave of violence from several thousand insurgents.
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A US general in Iraq says voting in the former insurgent strongholds of Falluja and Ramadi will go ahead.
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The full-scale assault on the Iraqi rebel city of Falluja could intensify, warns the US officer in charge of the offensive.
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Afghan security forces may not be able to hold ground captured by NATO forces in Afghanistan if Taliban insurgents regroup and launch a new offensive over the winter, the top US commander warned Friday.
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Thousands of U.S. soldiers are preparing an operation against Taliban insurgents to preempt an expected spring offensive which could upset plans for Afghan parliamentary elections, a senior American general said in an interview Tuesday.
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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 senior American commander overseeing efforts to capture Taliban and al-Qaida remnants in Afghanistan said Monday his mission could be harmed by any instability in neighboring Iran.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - President Bush warned on  Saturday that deadly guerrilla violence in Iraq and Afghanistan  could worsen in the coming weeks as the two countries move  toward national elections.
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U.S. offensives in rebel-held Iraqi  cities in recent weeks are part of a major push to wrest them  from insurgents before the end of December to allow local  security forces to oversee elections, U.S. commanders said.
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The top US official in Afghanistan called Thursday on the Taliban to give up their three-year insurgency against American forces, pledging &quot;non-criminal&quot; fighters will
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FOREIGN fighters from the al-Qaeda terror network were infiltrating Afghanistan to disrupt upcoming elections, the commander of US forces in the country said today.
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A U.S. assault on one or more of Iraq's three main "no-go" areas &#151; including Fallujah &#151; is likely in the next four months as the Iraqi government prepares to extend control before elections slated for January, the U.S. land forces commander said Sunday.
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Afghan warlords are involved in intimidation which could threaten October's elections, Human Rights Watch says.
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A US commander in Iraq warns against early troop withdrawals, despite growing calls for a pullout.
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Iraqi insurgents have reduced the level  of violence in recent days, but may be planning a "more  spectacular" attack just before or during Sunday's elections, a  U.S. general said on Monday.
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The senior US general in Iraq expresses concern about the ability of Iraqi forces to cope with election security.
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FUGITIVE Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has had a serious falling-out with some of his lieutenants, who blame him for the rebels&#39; failure to launch a major assault during landmark Afghan presidential elections, the US military said today.