Tuesday, December 07, 2004

IRAQ: ELECTIONS

DailyStar: Bloody weekend hits hopes for Iraq polls

90 killed in string of deadly attacks over 3 days

With more than 90 people killed in the last three days in a huge upsurge of unrest Sunni Muslim Iraqis also stepped up calls to delay the election.
Lakhdar Brahimi, a special advisor to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and until recently UN envoy in Iraq, said the January 30 vote could only take place "if first and foremost security improves

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