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Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Kurdish leader
Massoud Barzani Wednesday cast doubt on the
feasibility of holding elections in Iraq under
prevailing insecurity and mounting violence.
Barzani who heads the Kurdistan Democratic Party was
quoted by the party's daily, al-Taakhi, as saying
"carrying out the poll under the existing unstable
security situation is not feasible and is
fruitless."
He stressed, however, that Iraqi Kurds will take
part in the elections if the government insists on
holding them as scheduled on Jan. 30.
Barzani made the comments as he received a
delegation from the Iraqi National Council who
visited him in Erbil in the Kurdish enclave in
northern Iraq.
He also lashed out at the independent Higher
Commission for Elections which he accused of being
dishonest and biased.
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