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IRAQI TURKMENS CALL FOR BOYCOTT OF NATIONAL CENSUS

IRAQI TURKMENS CALL FOR BOYCOTT OF NATIONAL CENSUS

 The first nation-wide census in Iraq since 1997, also the first one since the fall of Saddam Hussein, is becoming grounds for further factional and ethnic strife. The authorities have said that the Iraqi population will be counted on 24 October [2010]. However, many have called for a postponement or else the process would be boycotted. Under the circumstances, the census could be politicised in a country still waiting for a government seven months after parliamentary elections. Ultimately, the existing shaky balance of power could get even shakier.

  http://www.unpo.org/article/11712