Allawi Confident Only Small Minority Will Boycott Election; Iraq's Interim Prime Minister Is Expected to Run for a Seat in the Assembly, Which Would Then Choose the Government

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's interim prime minister said Monday he's confident only a small number of people will boycott the Jan. 30 elections despite anger among many Sunni Muslims over the Fallujah offensive and a deadly U.S.-Iraqi raid on a Baghdad mosque.

"The forces of darkness and terrorism will not benefit from this democratic experience and will fight it," Ayad Allawi told The Associated Press. "But we are determined that this experiment succeeds."

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Allawi Confident Only Small Minority Will Boycott Election; Iraq's Interim Prime Minister Is Expected to Run for a Seat in the Assembly, Which Would Then Choose the Government

Allawi spoke as violence raged in the capital and other cities, and U.S. officials said a bomb was dis...

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