Iraq's al-Maliki heads to White House

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Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki heads to the White House on Tuesday to meet President Barack Obama with the need for a timely election in Iraq dogging him.

Waves of destabilizing violence across the country are feared if the January 16 parliamentary election is delayed.

"Any attempt to postpone the coming election will lead to a constitutional vacuum that this country will face, because the current Iraqi parliament will lose its legitimacy after January 16, 2010, which will cause a wave of chaos in this country that could ruin all that we've achieved," al-Maliki has said.

But Iraq has yet to sort out key election details, which could postpone the voting.

Iraqi lawmakers have been debating a revised election law, but the northern city of Kirkuk has been a stumbling block.



Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/20/iraq.us.politics/

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