43 killed as Iraq insurgents deal pre-election blow to security ...
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SAMARRA, Iraq  - At least 43 people were killed as insurgents launched a string of attacks on the Iraqi security forces raising questions about their readiness to secure landmark elections next month.
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Â· Bombing reduces majority of ruling coalition to threeÂ· Country in further turmoil ahead of elections
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A suicide bomber struck the Baghdad headquarters of Iraq's biggest Shiite political party Tuesday, killing three people, as the government announced plans to close borders and restrict movements to bolster security in the national election. Three candidates were slain as insurgents intensified their campaign to subvert the ballot.
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Insurgents killed 17 Iraqi police and  National Guards Monday in another bloody spree of ambushes,  bombings and suicide attacks aimed at wrecking Iraq's Jan. 30  national election.
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A brazen attack in the heart of Baghdad with rebels executing election workers in cold blood was a chilling reminder of the deteriorating security situation in the capital ahead of parliamentary elections on January 30.
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Insurgents renewed attacks on United States troops and Iraqâs security forces today, killing five police officers, including a general, and wounding 14 American soldiers in continuing attempts to derail the coming elections.
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Insurgents have launched attacks on election offices in northern Iraq, killing two people and wounding nine six weeks before Iraqis are due to go to the polls.
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Two marines, three US servicemen killed south and west of baghdad, election date holds despite violence. By Jean-Marc Mojon - BAGHDAD.
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The attacks further underscore the capital's vulnerability to insurgent violence as the January elections approach.
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Insurgents launched a series of deadly attacks against Iraqi security forces Tuesday, killing at least 26 police officers and National Guardsmen
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BAGHDAD  - Three Iraqi organizers of next month&#39;s landmark elections were gunned down in a Baghdad rebel stronghold as insurgents made good their threat to sabotage the preparations with deadly violence.
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should brace for even more losses as they pursue insurgents bent on wrecking an election scheduled for January. personnel have died here in the first three and half weeks of the month.
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Insurgents pressed their attack on U.S. troops and Iraq's security forces Saturday, killing five Iraqi police officers and wounding 14 American soldiers in a relentless effort to derail next month's elections. A U.S. Marine also was killed in the province containing the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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BAGHDAD -- Insurgents who have vowed to disrupt Iraq's parliamentary elections unleashed attacks yesterday across Iraq, from the kidnapping of a Catholic archbishop and a car bombing at a police station in the north to mortar attacks on polling stations in Basra in the south. At least 18 people were killed.
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Baghdad, Nov. 29 (NNN) : Iraqâs interim deputy prime minister has said that postponing the forthcoming Iraqi elections would be giving in to terrorism.
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At least 21 people were killed in Iraq Sunday morning in a series of attacks on Iraqi police stations. The attack was part of escalating violence as US and Iraqi forces prepare a major assault of the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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The attack underscored the fragility of the electoral process in Iraq and evoked the lurking threat of sectarian strife.