2010年2月20日星期六

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi former PM Allawi meets Saudi king ahead of polls (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 01:31 PM PST

Iraq's former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi gestures while answering questions during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed AmeenReuters - Saudi King Abdullah, head of the most influential Sunni nation in the Middle East, held talks on Saturday with former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi who leads a secular Sunni-Shi'ite coalition into parliamentary elections.

Sunni bloc boycotts Iraq vote citing Iran interference (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 12:33 PM PST

Iraqi politician Saleh al-Mutlak, who heads the major Sunni bloc the National Dialogue Front, is pictured at his party headquarters in Baghdad in January 2010. The National Dialogue Front said on Saturday it was boycotting Iraq's March 7 general election because of Iranian interference, in a blow to former prime minister Iyad Allawi and hopes for reconciliation.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - A major Sunni bloc on Saturday withdrew from Iraq's March 7 general election in protest against Iranian interference it said was damaging the ballot and urged other parties to join the boycott.

Key Sunni group boycott deals setback to Iraq vote (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 11:22 AM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2006 file photo, Saleh al-Mutlaq, a Sunni politician who has been barred from running in the election because of alleged ties to the Baath party, is seen at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. The Sunni wing of Iraq's leading nonsectarian political coalition is dropping out of next month's elections, saying the vote will be illegitimate because of a Shiite-ordered ballot purge of hundreds of candidates. The Front for a National Dialogue is headed by Sunni lawmaker Saleh al-Mutlaq. He was barred from running for re-election after a Shiite vetting panel accused him of having ties to Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party. Al-Mutlaq has said he quit the party in the 1970's. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP - A top Sunni Arab lawmaker banned from running in Iraq's March 7 election withdrew his entire party from the campaign Saturday and called on other groups to join the boycott, a move that threatened to undermine the credibility of the vote and raise sectarian tensions.

Iraq vows tough punishment for campaign vandals (AP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 06:35 AM PST

An Iraqi policeman walks past a knocked down campaign poster for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his the State of Law Coalition in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. Ripping a campaign poster is punishable by a jail term of up to one year under a law that has been imposed for the first time for the nation's already highly charged parliamentary election next month. Experts believe the government ban was imposed to prevent opposition parties from tearing down Prime Minister Nouri-al-Maliki's campaign signs. (AP Photo/ Hadi MizbanAP - With tempers high ahead of Iraq's national elections next month, even tearing down a campaign poster is a flash point between Sunnis and Shiites.

Fifth Christian killed in a week in north Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 06:17 AM PST

A man walks past a campaign banner for the coalition of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ahead of the upcoming Iraqi general election in the northern city of Mosul on February 17. Iraqi police said they found a Christian shopkeeper shot to death in the restive northern city of Mosul on Saturday, the fifth Christian killing in a week thought to be related to March elections.(AFP/File/Mujahed Mohammed)AFP - Iraqi police said they found a Christian shopkeeper shot to death in the restive northern city of Mosul on Saturday, the fifth Christian killing in a week thought to be related to March elections.

Senior Sunni lawmaker's party to boycott Iraq vote (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 05:43 AM PST

Reuters - A prominent Sunni Muslim politician banned from running in Iraq's parliamentary vote next month has withdrawn his party from the ballot, a spokesman said on Saturday, calling on others to join the boycott.

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