Recent major security improvements in Iraq risk being undermined by a surge in violence ahead of provincial elections early next year, a senior US general said on Thursday. Major General Michael Oates, military commander of eight provinces in Iraq's mainly Shiite south, said the potential for manipulation of provincial elections from both inside and outside Iraq poses a major ...

Recent major security improvements in Iraq risk being undermined by a fresh wave of violence ahead of provincial elections scheduled for early next year, a senior US general said on Thursday. Major General Michael Oates, military commander of eight provinces in Iraq's mainly Shiite south, said the potential for manipulation of provincial elections from both inside and outside Iraq ...