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US envoy: March vote in Iraq must be seen as fair (AP)

February 1st, 2010 | Author: admin

U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher Hill talks to The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. America's ambassador to Iraq says he thinks a fierce controversy over a ballot purge of candidates who are suspected Saddam Hussein loyalists will be resolved before March 7 parliamentary elections. Hill says he believes Iraq's government will open its vetting process to show voters why certain candidates were disqualified from running.(AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)AP – The U.S. ambassador to Iraq outlined twin challenges Monday to the unsteady democracy’s elections next month: assuring that voters and rival factions accept the result and then making sure the losers step aside quietly.


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