US fears Iranian influence in Iraqi elections
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Kicking off his country&#39;s first democratic election campaign Wednesday, Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared his own candidacy, saying the country can handle the challenge.
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IRAQ&#39;S landmark vote next month is under increasing pressure, with terrorism leader Osama bin Laden telling Iraqis anyone taking part in the elections will be &quot;infidels&quot;.
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BAGHDAD: Iraq&#39;s interim Government has warned that US-backed elections due to be held in January are at risk because the United Nations has failed to assign enough officials to monitor the vote.
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The Bush administration&#39;s hopes for Iraq rest heavily on whether Iraqis can shape their political future through elections, but it could be difficult for them to vote on Jan. 30, as now planned.
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The US expresses grave concern over what it calls the worsening human rights situation in Iran.
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US is concerned that revenues would boost Iran's nuclear program.
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US Democrats urge caution after American officials say they have evidence that Iran is arming militants in Iraq.
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Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri   al-Maliki, will make his first official visit on Monday to   neighboring Shi'ite Iran, whose influence in Iraq is a matter   of concern in Washington.
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Iraqi authorities fear that the country's security crisis will discourage international monitors from coming here for the January election &#151; a development that could cast doubt on the legitimacy of the crucial vote.
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The White House says it considered secretly backing pro-U.S. candidates in the upcoming Iraqi election, but decided against it even though the Bush administration suspects other nations are working to influence the voting.
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A top US commander in Iraq warned Iran and other countries against underestimating the US military because its forces are engaged in two major wars, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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TEHRAN -- Iran said yesterday that it was downgrading its representation at a ministerial meeting of Iraq's neighbors in Jordan this week, apparently to protest accusations by Jordan's monarch that Tehran was trying to influence the upcoming Iraqi elections.
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US officials in Baghdad fear that a fuel crisis, which has left Iraqi homes cold and dark and drivers waiting days for petrol, may inflame unrest before next month&#39;s election.
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The leaders of Iraq and Jordan warned yesterday that Iran is trying to influence the Iraqi elections scheduled for Jan. 30 to create an Islamic government that
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday accused the United States of destabilizing Iraq through hired "terrorists" and former members of Saddam Hussein's regime.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 22  - Iraq and its neighbours on Monday threw their weight behind elections seen as crucial to the future of the violence-wracked country, at the opening of an international conference that was to put the United States at
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The U.S. military has evidence that Shiite extremists in Iraq are receiving arms and training from Iran, but it is not clear if the Iranian government is involved, a U.S. spokesman said Monday.