Iraqi Provincial Elections Bring Wave of Violence, Assassination

Sunni candidates in the upcoming Iraqi elections are being targeted in a recent spate of assassinations, reports Ali Abel Sadah.
Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliya district in Baghdad April 15, 2013. Car bombs and attacks on cities across Iraq, including two blasts at a checkpoint at Baghdad international airport, killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 200 on Monday, police said. The wave of attacks in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Tuz Khurmato and other towns to the north to south, came days before Iraqis vote in provincial elections that will test political stability more than a year after U.S. troops lef
Residents gather at the site of a car bomb attack in the Kamaliya district in Baghdad, April 15, 2013. - REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen
Ali Abel Sadah
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Death is haunting Sunni Iraqi candidates in their regions, and the killers are unknown in most cases.

Ever since the start of the electoral campaigns of the political blocs competing for seats in local councils, it has become clear that anything goes in the electoral race, including the assassination of candidates, according to Iraqi observers and politicians.

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