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Article: Sunni Arabs complain of fraud as early election results cement Iraq's sectarian divide
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- December 21, 2005
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ELENA BECATOROS, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
12-21-2005
Dateline: BAGHDAD, Iraq
Sunni Arabs and a key secular party charged that parliamentary elections were tainted by fraud, and demanded an inquiry into preliminary results showing the governing Shiite religious bloc with a larger than expected lead.
With politicians barely containing their hostility toward each other Tuesday, the bitter climate raised questions about U.S. hopes that the Dec. 15 vote will lead to a more inclusive government involving Sunni Arabs, the minority group that formed the core of Saddam Hussein's government and is now the backbone of the insurgency.
The complaints focused mainly on Baghdad, Iraq's largest ...