Iraq elections ‘a serious challenge’
As part of the effort to address security concerns, US troops and Iraqi paramilitary police arrested 43 suspected insurgents in the city of Mosul, the military said. In Samarra, 60 miles north of Baghdad, a car bomb killed six people and injured five others. Two American soldiers were injured in an attack on their convoy in Baghdad.
Barham Saleh said delaying the scheduled January 30 vote would have “serious ramifications to the political process” and would bolster the cause of terrorists.
