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Iraq Set To Hold Provincial Elections Jan. 31

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Nov 18, 2008 3:40 am US/Pacific

Iraq Set To Hold Provincial Elections Jan. 31

BAGHDAD (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Iraq says it will hold long awaited provincial elections on Jan. 31. They will be the first provincial elections since 2005, when Iraq's insurgency was far stronger than it is now. (File)
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Iraq says it will hold long awaited provincial elections on Jan. 31. They will be the first provincial elections since 2005, when Iraq's insurgency was far stronger than it is now.

Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh says the Cabinet decided Tuesday on the date. The elections had previously been scheduled before the end of January.

The announcement of the election date comes as parliament prepares for a Nov. 24 vote on a U.S.-Iraqi security pact to allow American troops to stay in Iraq for three more years.

While the security situation has improved, Iraqi politics are still vulnerable to sectarian divisions among the country's major factions: Shiites, Sunni Arabs and Kurds.