Key Iraqi Sunni Political Bloc Pulls Out of March 7 Parliamentary Election -- Voice of America
A key Sunni political bloc declared Saturday that it would not take part in Iraq's March 7 parliamentary election. Saleh al-Mutlak, who was banned from running by a parliamentary committee, is pulling his National Dialogue Front out of the election with just over a week to go before voting is set to begin.
The decision by veteran Sunni politician Saleh al-Mutlak to pull his political bloc out of the approaching election poses a severe blow to the Iraqi electoral process, and gives ammunition to adversaries of any compromise.
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More News On The Election/Political Turmoil In Iraq
In Turmoil, Sunni Party in Iraq Calls for Vote Boycott -- New York Times
Key Sunni group boycott deals setback to Iraq vote -- Yahoo News/AP
Sunni party to boycott Iraqi elections -- CNN
Iraq party pulls out of vote -- Al Jazeera
Senior Sunni lawmaker's party to boycott Iraq vote -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Sunni bloc boycotts Iraq vote over Iran interference -- Yahoo News/AFP
My Comment: It was only last week that Vice President Biden was bragging that Iraq will be a President Obama success story .... hmmmm .... if this is success I definitely do not want to know what failure is.
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