Backers of Iraqi election delay step up campaign

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"Flawed Elections: Disputed Results" was the slogan at a gathering in Baghdad of about 200 mainly Sunni Muslim politicians and party officials after a sharp upsurge in violence over the weekend following a period of relative calm.


Tareq al-Hashemi, secretary general of the moderate Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party, insisted that delaying the polls "does not mean bowing to the threats" of those behind the attacks.


But he said: "The deterioration in security conditions in numerous provinces means we should postpone them."


Close to 100 people have been killed over the past three days alone in attacks in Baghdad and other parts of the country against US forces and their allies and Iraqi security services.

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