Pressure grows for Iraq election delay

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1354586,00.html

Allawi aide says deadline looks more and more unrealistic

Michael Howard in Dukan
Friday November 19, 2004
The Guardian

The January deadline for Iraq's first post-Saddam elections looked increasingly in doubt yesterday after a senior aide to the interim prime minister predicted a delay.

Leading Sunni Muslim politicians also called for a postponement until there was an improvement in the dire security situation in the country's Sunni Arab heartlands.

"I don't think within the time available we can do everything, so I think a delay or postponing elections is more likely than holding them on time," said Ibrahim Janabi, a senior aide to Ayad Allawi.

Mohsen Abdul Hamid, the head of the mainstream Sunni Muslim Iraqi Islamic party, said: "I am with the delay. The security situation does not make it possible for the Sunni Arabs to vote. The Sunnis will boycott the elections if the security situation continues as it is now."

[Cornjob]

1. It's all a very bad joke!

Without any security and no one to organize the elections how on earth could any vote take place in January?

Look for Bush** to start making excuses any time now!

[Mike Nelson]

2. Won't need voter fraud...

...just kill the other guy's voters.

[StClone]

3. In other news

The draft is pushed up.

[KingChicken]

4. Saddam is running for prez, if he wins then we come full circle

Woulden't that suck, all that for nothing.

[wtmusic]

5. It would suck, and it's all for nothing anyway