Powell: Goal is to stabilize Iraq for elections
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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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A top US military official in charge of the Middle East says coalition forces will do all they can to ensure Iraqi elections set for late January will go ahead.
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Washington is pressing neighboring countries to persuade Sunnis in Iraq to vote in next month&#39;s elections, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday, the same day the top party from the minority group withdrew from the ballot.
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27 September 2004 -- US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said the insurgency in Iraq is getting worse. Speaking in Washington, Powell said yesterday that militants want to disrupt elections in January, but
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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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Washington -- Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United Nations &quot;seems to be on track&quot; as it prepares for elections scheduled next month in Iraq.
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More than a dozen Iraqi political parties want elections in Iraq postponed until security at the polls can be guaranteed, but President Bush said Thursday the Jan. 30 date for elections is firm and should not be changed.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell won a cautious pledge from Israel Monday to ease its military grip over Palestinian areas in order to make possible an election to replace the late Yasser Arafat.
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Administration officials say the Iraqi elections at the end of the month will be less than perfect, but nonetheless will pave the way for a drawdown of U.S. troops.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Tuesday the United States cannot wilt in the face of the  Iraqi insurgency and suggested critics of the war in Iraq were  becoming rattled and defeatist.
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Plan to channel funds from reconstruction to security signals focus on shorter-term goal of holding elections. WASHINGTON - After more than a year of effort in Iraq, the United States appears to be recalibrating
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The top U.S. official in Baghdad said Monday that nationwide elections would be held in Iraq early next year as scheduled regardless of how large a U.N. presence the world body manages to send to oversee the vote.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell warned Sunday of more violence ahead of Iraq's Jan. 30 elections and said a stronger Iraqi force is needed to help bolster security.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said Iraqi elections, scheduled for January, will go forward even if militants block some voters from casting ballots.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has received assurances from Israel it will do what it can to help facilitate Palestinian election, scheduled for early January.
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Iraq's Jan. 30 elections are likely  to be "less than perfect" due to violence but the United States  is working with Iraq to encourage the broadest possible  participation, the White House said on Wednesday.
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SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt -- Iraq&#39;s foreign minister told an international conference Tuesday that US-led forces are &quot;essential&quot; to stabilize his war-torn country and to guarantee its national elections in January.