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WASHINGTON —- Secretary
of State Colin Powell sees the
situation in Iraq “getting worse”
as planned elections approach,
and the top U.S. military com
mander for Iraq says he expects
more violence ahead.
In its latest report, the military
said four Marines died in sepa
rate incidents Friday, adding to
a toll that has topped 1,000 since
the U.S.-led invasion began.
Powell said the insurgency is
only becoming more violent as
planned January elections near.
“It’s getting worse,” he said on
ABC’s “This Week.” “They arc
determined to disrupt the election.
They do not want the Iraqi people
to vote for th£ir own leaders in a
free, democratic election.”
Army Gen. John Abizaid, com
mander of U.S. troops in the Mid
dle East, warned that voting may
not be possible in parts of Iraq
where the violence is too intense.
“I don’t think Iraq will have a
perfect election. And if I recall,
looking back at our own elec
tion four years ago, it wasn’t
perfect either,” he said.
The goal in Iraq is to have suc
cessful voting in the “vast majority
of the country,” said Abizaid, who
leads the U.S. Central Command.
“We’re going to have to fight
our way all the way through
elections,” he said. “And there'll
be a lot of violence between now
and then.”
Abizaid spoke of a major of
fensive before the election, with
U.S. and Iraqi forces doing “what-
ever’s necessary to bring areas in
Iraq under Iraqi control.”
U.S. officials have expressed
conflicting opinions about
whether security will enable all
Iraqis to vote in January.
Deputy Secretary of State Rich
ard Annitage told Congress on
Friday that the elections must be
held throughout the country, in
cluding areas gripped by violence.
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Rumsfeld said if insurgents
vent Iraqis from voting iff#
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