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A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions ahead of national elections.
The Iraqi Parliament should act swiftly to adopt reforms to a national election law so the vote can proceed in January, the U.N. secretary-general said.
A top Iraqi official vetoed the country's election law Wednesday, throwing plans to hold parliamentary elections in January into disarray. The move could unravel hard-won compromises, and it could complicate U.S. efforts to withdraw U.S. combat troops next year.
IRAQ Kurdish officials threatened Tuesday to boycott the upcoming national elections in the three provinces they control in northern Iraq unless more parliament seats are allocated to the region.
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq faces a growing risk that national elections scheduled for January may be delayed by a dispute over seat allocations, with Kurds threatening to boycott the vote and the Sunni Muslim vice-president vetoing part of the election laws.
BAGHDAD -- Kurdish officials threatened Tuesday to boycott the upcoming national election in the three provinces they control in northern Iraq unless more parliament seats are allocated to the region.
Iraq's Kurds threatened Tuesday to boycott national elections, days after the country's Sunni vice president threatened to veto the newly passed election law needed to hold the January vote.
Three Marines and a Navy man convicted of aiding the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man have been ordered removed from the military, the Navy said Wednesday.
Iraq's Kurds threatened Tuesday to boycott national elections, days after the country's Sunni vice president threatened to veto the newly passed election law needed to hold the January vote.
Three Marines and a Navy man convicted of aiding the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man have been ordered removed from the military, the Navy said Wednesday.
SAN DIEGO - Three Marines and a Navy man convicted of aiding the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man have been ordered removed from the military, the Navy said Wednesday.
France moved to raise both its profile and its profits in Iraq on Monday, welcoming President Jalal Talabani to Paris with a series of trade and aid deals ready for signing.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE CEDAR, Iraq (AFNS) -- Iraqi policemen from the city of Nasiriyah earned explosive ordnance disposal patches Nov. 4 after completing training with Air Force EOD technicians assigned to Task Force Troy at Forward Operating Base Cedar.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Sadiya Khadem Rashid just needed a stamp. One stamp from Baghdad’s city hall so she could receive $850 in compensation given to displaced Iraqis who return home. But before she could get there, the building was blown up.
The three-member presidential council in Iraq threatened to veto an election law over disputes regarding the representation of minorities and refugees.
FORWARD OPERATING BASE CEDAR, Iraq (AFNS) -- Iraqi policemen from the city of Nasiriyah earned explosive ordnance disposal patches Nov. 4 after completing training with Air Force EOD technicians assigned to Task Force Troy at Forward Operating Base Cedar.
