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Iraq Council Split Over Election Plan

HeadlineJan 26, 2004

The Iraqi Governing Council is now split on how to proceed with the transfer of power from the U.S. to Iraq. The council was supposed to draft an interim constitution by Feb. 28 but that is now unlikely to happen because of the deep split in the council. Most Shiite members are supporting a call by the influential cleric the Ayatollah Sistani for direct elections.

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