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    Iraq’s parliament election campaign starts

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    Iraq’s parliament election campaign starts Empty Iraq’s parliament election campaign starts

    Post by Bama Diva Wed 02 Apr 2014, 9:23 pm

    Iraq’s parliament election campaign starts

    3:27 am, April 03, 2014

    The Associated PressBAGHDAD (AP)—Campaigning officially kicked off Tuesday for Iraq’s first parliamentary elections since the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country more than two years ago, with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki seeking a new term at a time of escalating sectarian violence.

    The United Nations appealed for national unity to help reduce sectarian violence ahead of the April 30 elections. Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish candidates are all vying for 328 assembly seats in the deeply divided country, plagued by violence and corruption.
    The past year has seen violence swell, with the Sunni Muslim minority embittered over what it sees as marginalization by Maliki’s Shiite-led government. The violence threatens to disrupt voting in parts of mainly Sunni Anbar Province, possibly furthering the community’s disenfranchisement.

    When Sunni protests were broken up last year, it prompted a spiral of attacks by Sunni militants on the military and police. Earlier this year, Al-Qaida-inspired militants overran Fallujah, one of the country’s biggest Sunni cities, and parts of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province—and security forces are still battling to wrest them back.

    In 2013, more than 8,800 people were killed in violence, the highest toll since the worst of Iraq’s sectarian bloodshed began to subside in 2007. The trend has continued this year.

    In a statement Tuesday, the United Nations Mission to Iraq said 592 Iraqis—including 108 members of the security forces—were killed in March. The capital, Baghdad, was the worst affected with 180 people killed.

    The two previous months each saw more than 700 dead. The counts from January through March do not include casualties of violence and fighting in Anbar Province, where the campaign to retake Fallujah is ongoing.

    “With election day getting nearer, I once again stress the need for unity and a holistic approach to violence and terrorist threat in Iraq,” U.N. mission chief Nickolay Mladenov said in a statement. He called on Iraqi political leaders to resort to dialogue in order to resolve disputes.

    Maliki is eyeing a third term, even as he is faces criticism by opponents—including influential Shiite figures who accuse him of failing to provide security and basic services to the nation


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