Bombing in Baghdad will not halt march towards democracy: British FM
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The car bomb attack outside Baghdad's main police station will not derail Iraq's march towards a stable, democratic future, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.
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Elections will go ahead in Iraq next January as planned, despite the violence ravaging the country, interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Thursday.
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Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, visiting troops in Iraq, says he sees no reason to delay next month&#39;s election as preparations are on track.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said that British soldiers must "stay the course" in Iraq until Iraqis themselves establish democracy with their own security forces.
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A suicide car bomber attacked a police convoy in Baghdad on Friday as guerrillas kept pressure on Iraq's U.S.-backed security forces despite a bloody rout of insurgents in the Sunni Muslim bastion of Falluja.
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The British government underlined on Thursday that it will not "cut and run" from Iraq following that country's election this month, denying reports that London is pushing Washington to set a timetable for ...
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Iraq's landmark election planned for January 30 should not be delayed even if all Iraqis are not able to participate, a senior US Senator said.
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British troops in Iraq will not be redeployed to Baghdad or the restive Sunni Muslim stronghold of Fallujah after it was confirmed that the United States has requested London to move its soldiers to the US-controlled sector, a defence ministry spokesman said.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted on Thursday that they won't give in to militants' demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the plea of a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life in a video released by his captors.    Meanwhile, Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, said that increasing violence must not be used as a pretext for delaying elections scheduled for late January...
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Tuesday violence must not upset plans to hold nationwide elections in Iraq, whose prime minister indicated the government was gearing up to retake rebel strongholds.
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Some 22 people were reportedly killed in a rocket attack on a US military base, as British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a first visit to Baghdad saying Iraq was caught in a battle between "democracy and terror".
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Iraq's interim Prime Minister told  British media in an interview published on Monday he wanted  elections to go ahead as planned in January even if violence  prevented some Iraqis from voting.
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Britain remains determined that elections will go ahead in Iraq in January, and could deploy extra troops to boost security if needed, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon revealed.
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The Iraqi prime minister insisted Sunday that the raging insurgency &#151; which has claimed 300 lives in the last week alone and resulted in a wave of kidnappings &#151; will not delay January elections, promising the vote will strike a "major blow" against the violent opposition.
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Violence in Iraq is unlikely to subside  after Sunday's election and may well get worse before it gets  better, U.S. and British officials say, a sentiment seconded by  many Iraqis.
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LONDON/BAGHDAD  - Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said Sunday national elections will go ahead as planned in  January, despite a countrywide surge in violence targeting U.S.  forces and Iraqi troops and police.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a flying visit to Baghdad, has praised Iraqi election officials as &quot;heroes&quot; and vowed that a vote would take place as scheduled next month.