Tony Blair says he's committed to Iraqi election date

  • 12/15/2022
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London, Jan 5, SPA -- Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday heremains committed to holding elections in Iraq as scheduledon Jan. 30. "I am committed to it, yes, because I think it isextremely important that the terrorists don't gain avictory," Blair said in an interview on BritishBroadcasting Corp. radio. "The vast majority of Iraqis want to participate in theseelections." Recalling his visit last month to Baghdad, Blair said that"when I talked to the United Nations organizer there, hesaid that he thought that everybody including Sunnis wantedto participate. "The question is _ and this is what this conflict is nowabout, it's not about us versus Saddam, it's about a groupof terrorists and insurgents who want to stop the Iraqipeople having the democratic say."--SPA1144 Local Time 0844 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/230098

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