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UN Envoy Says Iraq Not Safe Enough For Elections

HeadlineDec 06, 2004

Meanwhile the top United Nations envoy in Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, has admitted the country’s security situation is not safe enough to hold national elections. He said “It is a mess in Iraq.” However the Iraqi and US leadership maintain the elections will go ahead as planned. Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawar is in Washington to meet today with President Bush. He said Sunday on Meet the Press “”We do not think that postponing election or delaying it will solve the problem.”

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