Iraqi Candidates Quit After Threats

[TomClash]

Iraqi candidates quit after threats

Friday 21 January 2005, 16:57 Makka Time, 13:57 GMT

US forces hope to quell violence before the election

Dozens of candidates in the Assembly of Independents party have withdrawn from Iraq's upcoming election after death threats, the party's chairman Saad Salah Isa al-Juburi said in Tikrit.

The 41 candidates of the party's list withdrew en masse from the regional election in the province of Salahaddin "after they were threatened by specific groups", al-Juburi said on Friday.

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Access to media

Meanwhile, candidates from smaller parties criticised the use of state media by members of the transitional government while smaller parties and independents have had little media access.

Aziz al-Yassiri, the chairman of the Iraqi Democratic Trend, accused the members of the government of using their offices to create unfair advantages for themselves in the campaign.


http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BC15B4C7-B006-41BC-8EA6-D2E0CDFBD264.htm

[justiceischeap]

1. But but but

Freedom is on the march... :eyes:

[asjr]

2. Monkey see, monkey do. They have learned from the master.

[VegasWolf]

3. Hell, they know that Allawi and the transitional government are

going to win anyway, why risk their lives.