[Mb-civic] Ballots, the Insurgents' Enemy

Tue Nov 30 12:18:51 PST 2004

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BALLOTS, THE INSURGENTS ENEMY

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Ballots, the Insurgents' Enemy 
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November 30 2004

Elections in Iraq should proceed toward a Jan. 30 vote, despite continued fighting and calls from a coalition of 17 Iraqi political parties to push them back. Expectations about what the elections could accomplish keep diminishing, but a delay would only worsen matters, giving insurgents the decisive voice in when &#8212; if ever &#8212; balloting is held. 

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http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-iraq30nov30,1,4015280.story 

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