Kerry team accuses Bush officials of holding off Iraq action until election
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Senator John Kerry's presidential team accused the Bush administration of delaying major US offensives in Iraq until after November's election.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A group of 17 leading Iraqi political organizations, including some of America&#39;s closest allies, called Friday for a postponement of elections scheduled for Jan. 30, citing the violence and a lack of preparations.
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President Bush and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry sparred over Iraq Monday as they campaigned in states where the race for the White House is extremely close.
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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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DUKAN, Iraq -- Leading Sunni politicians and representatives of Iraq's prime minister and president called yesterday for Iraq's national election to be postponed until order is restored in the violence-racked Sunni Arab heartland, the strongest signal yet that the ballot might not take place in January as scheduled.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry seized yesterday on new criticism of Iraq policy by the former US administrator there, to bolster his case that President Bush has mismanaged the war.
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Their comments follow calls by Sunni Muslim politicians and others to postpone the Jan. 30 election. Yesterday, 17 Iraqi political parties representing Sunni Arabs, Kurds, Christians and secular groups demanded a six-month delay.
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The commission that proposed three presidential candidate debates says time is running out for the Bush and Kerry campaigns to agree on details so organizers can finalize their plans.
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The White House on Thursday accused Democrat John Kerry and his surrogates of instigating a new attack on President Bush&#39;s Vietnam-era National Guard service because Kerry is dropping in opinion polls.
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The decision announced yesterday by Iraqi, American and United Nations officials to hold elections on Jan 30 reflected a judgment that delaying voting would further embolden insurgents and nudge Iraq closer to anarchy.
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Campaign officials for US President George W. Bush were non-committal as to when -- or whether -- he would take part in debates against Democratic challenger John Kerry.
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Some of Iraq&#39;s most powerful political groups, including the party led by the interim prime minister, called Friday for a six-month delay in elections scheduled for Jan. 30, citing concerns over security.
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Democratic White House challenger John Kerry accused President Bush of mismanaging the war in Iraq after a former top aide said the U.S. paid the price for not deploying enough troops after last year's invasion.
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With barely six weeks until election day, a struggling John Kerry has finally taken the gloves off, accusing President George Bush of deceiving American troops in Iraq, and
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Democratic challenger John Kerry accused President George W. Bush of failing to tell Americans the truth about the war in Iraq.
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President Bush and rival John Kerry paused from private debate practice on Monday to accuse each other of lack of clarity on Iraq as they campaigned in "must win" states for each &#151; the Republican incumbent in Ohio and his Democratic challenger in Wisconsin.
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President George W. Bush will delay announcing a new strategy for Iraq until the new year, aides said on Tuesday amid new polls showing Americans are more pessimistic about the war and want a change.