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What is likely to happen if the Iraqi elections are held as currently planned?

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What is likely to happen if the Iraqi elections are held as currently planned?

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There is little doubt that the U.S. is trying to reduce the resistance as much as possible in anticipation of the January 30th election plan. It seems likely this escalation will take place in smaller scale operations than either the April or November offensives in Fallujah. And in response, resistance military attacks, more on Iraqis viewed as collaborating with the occupation forces than on U.S. troops directly, are already increasing. So despite those U.S. efforts, or perhaps because of them, it is likely that many parts of the country, particularly though not solely in regions where Iraqi Sunnis are dominant, will remain too violent for people to go to the polls in large numbers. Powerful U.S. political operations are also underway in Iraq aimed at influencing the outcome of the elections. Whatever money may be entering Iraq from Iran or other regional centers, it is almost certain that (despite official Washington denials) U.S. financial and political influence-buying is far more

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