Iraq election

Iraq's parliamentary elections will take place in the last week of January, the body organising the poll said yesterday, despite relentless bombings and kidnappings. "We, the Commission, have not fixed the date yet," Iraqi Independent Electoral...

Iraq's parliamentary elections will take place in the last week of January, the body organising the poll said yesterday, despite relentless bombings and kidnappings.

"We, the Commission, have not fixed the date yet," Iraqi Independent Electoral Commission spokesman Farid Ayar said. "But the election day will be in the last week of January 2005."

Iraqis are due to elect a 275-seat parliament by the end of January that will draft a permanent constitution to govern Iraq after US-led forces overthrew Saddam Hussein last year.

The nine-member commission was charged in June with preparing for the poll, which it hopes will allow Iraqis to choose their leaders freely for the first time in decades.

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