Sunnis set to participate in Iraq’s December election

A SUNNI Arab coalition yesterday submitted its list of candidates for the December elections, signalling the intention of many Sunnis to join the political process despite their failure to block ratification of the new constitution.

In the latest violence, five American service members three soldiers and two Marines were killed on Thursday in separate attacks. Their deaths raised the number of US military killed since the beginning of the war to 2,010.

An alliance of Shi'ite parties, which won the largest number of parliamentary seats in the January 30 election, also met yesterday's deadline and submitted its candidate list to the Independent Election Commission.