Some Iraq Areas Unsafe for Vote, U.S. General Says
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Three weeks before elections, areas of 4 of Iraq's 18 provinces are not secure enough to vote, Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz said.
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Iraq&#39;s elections should be nationwide, a top Bush administration official said on Friday, clashing publicly with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld&#39;s suggestion that voting
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A U.S. general warned Saturday that increased Sunni attacks in a province extremists call the center of their Islamic state in Iraq may delay plans to hand it over to Iraqi troops by the end of the year.
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A leading Shiite political figure showed signs of unease on Thursday about the risks that the continuing violence here poses for the elections.
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Iraq's president said on Saturday he  expected violence to deter the majority of Iraqis from voting  in Sunday's landmark election.
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The U.S. military expects insurgents may try to carry out "spectacular" attacks that would inflict major casualties in a bid to disrupt Jan. 30 elections and intimidate Iraqis who might go to the polls, a top U.S. official said Friday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq  - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  acknowledged Tuesday there were what he called pockets of Iraq  that would be too unsafe for voting in a Jan. 30 election, as  guerrillas killed 20 people in attacks.
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The US military in Iraq will move into insurgent-filled &quot;no-go zones&quot; to stabilize them in advance of elections in January, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday raised the possibility that some areas of Iraq night be excluded from elections scheduled for January if security could not be guaranteed.
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Iraqi forces, whose performance is crucial to securing January elections, are riddled with problems, say local U.S. officials.
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President Bush on Wednesday urged  Iraqis to defy insurgents and vote in Sunday's elections and he  lowered expectations for the turnout amid violence that claimed  the lives of 36 U.S. troops.
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President Bush on Wednesday urged  Iraqis to defy insurgents and vote in Sunday's elections and he  lowered expectations for the turnout amid violence that claimed  the lives of 37 U.S. troops.
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The ability of Iraqi insurgents to  snatch foreigners from their guarded Baghdad offices  highlighted the country's poor security as U.S. officials  argued whether elections could be held in towns under rebel  control.
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The U.S. ambassador to Iraq acknowledged serious problems ahead of next weekend's election but gave assurance Sunday that "great efforts" were being made so every Iraqi can vote. In an audiotape posted on the Web, a speaker claiming to be Iraq's most feared terrorist declared "fierce war" on democracy, raising the stakes in the vote.
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BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Ayad Allawi publicly acknowledged for the first time yesterday that parts of Iraq probably won't be safe enough for people to vote in the Jan. 30 elections, and he announced plans to boost the size of the country's army from 100,000 to 150,000 men by year's end.
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President George W. Bush fought   back against political critics of the Iraq war on Thursday,   with an election-year warning that Americans could be battling   Islamic militants on their own city streets if the United   States gave up in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 10 -- Seven out of 10 Iraqis believe the U.S. troop buildup in Baghdad and Anbar province has made security worse in those areas, and nearly as many say their own lives are going badly, according to a new poll conducted by ABC News, the British Broadcasting Corp., and the Japanese...