Sunni clerics threaten calling for Iraq vote boycott

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http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=5249


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The Committee of Muslim Scholars, the largest Sunni clerics association, threatened it would call for a boycott of Iraq's January elections if the U.S. military launched a major assault on Fallujah.

“It is unacceptable to use the pretext of elections to invade towns. We will call on Iraqis to boycott the polls and to consider the results null and void in case of operations in Fallujah," the group said, after its meeting in Baghdad.

"The esteemed clerics bless the Fallujah sons for their jihad and patience," the statement read, invoking the Arabic word often translated as "holy war."

It, moreover, urged the U.S. military to stops all its raids and airstrikes on the Sunni stronghold city.

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