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To: Walkingshadow who wrote (3655)	1/8/2005 4:32:38 PM
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These kinds of news stories are all over the Internet: Insurgents Step Up Attacks Ahead of Iraq Elections “I think a worst case is where they have a series of horrific attacks that cause mass casualties in some spectacular fashion in the days leading up to the elections,” he said. “If you look over the last six months, they have steadily escalated the barbaric nature of the attacks they have been committing. A year ago, you didn’t see these kinds of horrific things.” The escalating insurgency in Iraq is believed to be led by minority Sunnis, who dominated the country during Saddam Hussein’s regime. The militants are against the landmark election later this month. In the election – the first democratic vote in Iraq since the country was formed in 1932 – the Sunnis are certain to lose their dominance to the Shiites, who comprise 60% of Iraq’s 26 million people. news.scotsman.com After the elections are over, the need to intimidate will be over.

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