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...while the military operation, if followed by a substantial troop presence in the city, may facilitate the opening of polling stations in Fallujah, that fact alone may not be enough to encourage Sunni voters to turn out. Indeed, the operation in Fallujah strengthened calls to boycott the election by the Association of Muslim Scholars, an organization influential among Sunni clerics, and prompted the main Sunni political party to withdraw from the Allawi government...
Smashing Fallujah's insurgency might make voting in that city easier, but it could also drive embittered Sunnis everywhere to boycott the balloting, as many hard-line clerics are urging. U.S. officials acknowledge that violence in some areas could make it too dangerous for residents to vote. The U.S. wanted the U.N. to organize and monitor the balloting to ensure credibility, but it won't send more than a few trained experts as long as its staff may not be safe. Insurgents are sure to challenge the legitimacy of any government elected under questionable circumstances. "Iraqis have no experience with...
...attitudes toward the American presence. The attempt to shut down al-Sadr’s newspaper, for example, provoked a massive rebellion, which was surely not worth the price. Attacking Falluja has provided the Muslim Scholars Association, an influential group of Sunni clerics who have threatened to boycott upcoming elections, new ammunition for criticizing the occupation. This is not a propitious sign...
...those collaborating with them" if U.S. forces didn't stop their bombing operations in Fallujah. And amid growing reports of an imminent ground assault on Fallujah by U.S.-led forces, the A.M.S. last week warned that such an operation would lead it to "call on Iraqis to boycott the polls and to consider the results null and void...
...leading Sunni Muslim clerical body, the Association of Muslim Scholars, which is viewed as allied with the insurgency, has condemned the assault and warned of an escalation of the insurgency elsewhere. And, of course, it has reiterated its call for a boycott of the January election. Others, like UN Secretary General Kofi Annan have warned that if the assault of Fallujah creates a backlash that keeps Sunnis away from the polls, then the operation will have been self-defeating. Even acting president Ghazi al-Yawer, the most senior Sunni figure in Allawi's government, has publicly warned that a bloody...