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Iraq |
Iraqi Expects Insurgents to Disrupt Vote |
2005-09-22 |
![]() He called on the United Nations to take "a more vocal and more visible role in Iraq" during next month's constitutional referendum and general elections scheduled on Dec. 15. He urged donors to provide the $107 million required for the elections and to accelerate reconstruction funding to improve basic services to the Iraqi people. And he said the U.S.-led multinational force must remain in Iraq until Iraqi security and military forces are trained and able to take over. "Nowhere are the goals of freedom, democracy and progress more at stake," Zebari told council members at an open meeting. "We know our clear way forward, but we need your help. We need the help of every member nation and this organization to win this fight. We stick together, or we lose together." |
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