Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraqi vote shows deep divides still facing country (AP)
• Iraq's top cleric says aides not to join campaigns (AP)
• Iraqis poke fun at their election candidates' posturing (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Kurdish activist injured in Iraq election violence (AFP)
• US soldiers kill Iraqi tribal chief's son (AFP)
• Evidence against barred Iraq candidates to be released (AFP)
• Stay neutral in vote, top cleric tells Iraq clergy (AFP)

Iraqi vote shows deep divides still facing country (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2010 01:11 PM PST AP - Iraq is a week away from a parliamentary election that was supposed to showcase a peaceful democracy poised to stand on its own feet after U.S. forces go home. While there have been successes, the vote also underlines the deep ethnic and sectarian tensions that are putting the country's future in the balance — secular or Islamic, pro-Iran or pro-West.

Iraq's top cleric says aides not to join campaigns (AP) Posted: 27 Feb 2010 11:40 AM PST AP - Iraq's top Shiite cleric on Saturday ordered his representatives across the country not to campaign for any blocs or candidates contesting the March 7 parliamentary elections, a move designed to assert the Iranian-born cleric's neutrality.

Iraqis poke fun at their election candidates' posturing (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:40 AM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — In the campaign posters that cover Baghdad's public surfaces like wallpaper, Iraqi candidates project an array of demeanors and identities that they hope will sway voters in next month's parliamentary elections.

Kurdish activist injured in Iraq election violence (AFP) Posted: 27 Feb 2010 10:37 AM PST AFP - An opposition activist in Iraqi Kurdistan was injured by supporters of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Saturday in the regional capital Arbil, an opposition spokesman said, ahead of March 7 polls.

US soldiers kill Iraqi tribal chief's son (AFP) Posted: 27 Feb 2010 09:10 AM PST AFP - US soldiers killed an Iraqi tribal chief's son and wounded his wife in what the Americans on Saturday called a tragic accident, although local accounts of the incident differed.

Evidence against barred Iraq candidates to be released (AFP) Posted: 27 Feb 2010 08:27 AM PST AFP - Evidence that led to candidates being barred from Iraq's March 7 election for suspected links to Saddam Hussein will be released in the coming days, the head of the committee that disqualified them told AFP on Saturday.

Stay neutral in vote, top cleric tells Iraq clergy (AFP) Posted: 27 Feb 2010 08:12 AM PST AFP - Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani called on his fellow clerics on Saturday to stay neutral in next month's general election after one launched a withering attack on close allies of the prime minister.

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