 A coalition of Sunni Arab parties has called for US troops to withdraw from restive Iraqi towns before the 15 December elections to encourage voting. "We call on the American forces to leave Iraqi cities, especially the unstable ones, to allow for their residents to exercise their electoral rights in a normal fashion," the Iraqi Concord Front (ICF) said on Thursday.
| I think we did something like that in Fallujah for awhile. Worked well, didn't it? |
The ICF said continuing military operations in these areas, mostly north and west of Baghdad, were a "deliberate marginalisation of those who did not participate in past elections."
| That's also where the head-choppers are, isn't it? |
"As the election approaches, an escalation can be seen in military operations in those provinces that reject the occupation," it said. That was a particular reference to al-Anbar, west of the capital, which is a key area of rebel activity.
| That tells me it's to place to be hunting bad guyz. |
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