A British soldier patrols the northern suburbs of the southern Iraqi city of Basra. Photograph: Dave Clark/AFP/Getty imagesCampaigns Get Under Way for Provincial Elections
in Iraq -- New York Times
in Iraq -- New York Times
BAGHDAD — With provincial elections scheduled for Jan. 31, Iraqi politicians began campaigning on Tuesday, taking advantage of voters’ free time as Iraqis celebrated the three-day Muslim holiday of Id al-Adha.
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, a Shiite who leads the Dawa party, and Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a Shiite cleric who leads the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, the other main party, gave speeches in which they reached out to their core constituencies. Though neither is running in the local elections, both tried to prod Iraqis to vote and to promote the local branches of their parties.
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