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Any reproduction or other use is strictly prohibited out prior written permission. 344-256- ASSOCIATED PRESS THE Plans for BAGHDAD, Iraq holding Iraqi national elections " in January elicit growing skep- ticism among many Iraqis who question whether balloting can . be free and NEWS fair so long as th? Africans ANALYSIS wield such . vast influence over the country. Mounting violence has already delayed the elections for months. Hundreds of Iraqis have been killed for nothing a more than lining up to take jobs with the police or to sign on with the national guard. Insurgent mortar and rocket attacks are dairy events even in Baghdad. Cities like Fallujah and are under the control of militants. Going to the polls may well be a very dangerous undertaking, and the possibility of a truly representative government emerging from the January voting appears a diminishing hope. If the vote proves credible, Iraqis will have chosen a genuinely representative government for the first time in mod- ern history, a major hurdle in putting behind them the decades of oppression imposed until Saddam Hussein was ousted 17 months ago. The elections are vital to a U.S. exit strategy from Iraq. But attaining that level of credibility will prove difficult in sentia country where anti-U.ment runs high, most people distrust the key players in Iraq's postwar politics and many tend to routinely blame the United States for everything that goes wrong. Additionally; there is a widespread, expectation that large and political parties with tacit U.S. patronage will trounce smaller groups. The 27fseat assembly to be elected will draft a permanent constitution for a nationwide referendum by next Oct. 15. If the constitution is adopted, a second general election will be Ra-ma- di well-funde- d ZD C Press, DHARAPAKAssociated CHARLES President Bush and Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad AUawi shake hands after speaking to reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House in this picture taken Thursday in Washington. held two months later and a democratic government would take control by Jan. 15, 2004. The January vote, was agreed to earlier this year by the United States, the United Nations and Iraq's now defunct Governing Council after opposition by Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand AyatoHah Ali by the U.S.-le- d occupation aii- -. i thorities, who surrendered conrr trol over the country to the x j w Iraqis last summer, on the V wl grounds that the data wasot A accurate and distorted by cor n ruption during Saddam'siTSleJ Security concerns , however.J appear to have trumpedJ.& rv! a data base created in the'1990s for a nationwide food rationing system, according to compiled, in large part from Abdul-Husse- in Hendawi, chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq. In a telephone interview Saturday with The Associated Press, Hendawi said initial lists of voters will be posted in early November when voters and po-- . litical parties are given the chance to appeal any perceived irregularities. "Ideally, we would have liked to launch an awareness campaign and then operate direct registration centers, but that process was deemed too lengthy given the short time we have to prepare for the election," he said. Using the ration data as the main basis for voter registra-tkm was demanded by the religious leadership of Iraq's Shiite majority as they pushed for ' holding elections as early as possible. The idea was rejected U.N.-back- atSis-tan-i, forced Washington to drop a plan for a legislature selected from regional caucuses. That chamber was to have been formed by last July 1. Despite the raging violence, President Bush and Iraq's Interim Prime Minister Ayad AUawi are determined the vote must go ahead on schedule, The Iraqi elections may not be perfect," AUawi told reporters in Washington on Thursday. They may not be the best elections that Iraq will ever hold. They will undoubtedly be an excuse for violence from those who despair and de.. spise libertyi" Voter rolls are already being .? , objections. r , . ! !iVi As an example, UN. coaumfei sion member Ibrahim Ai 7 signed in Jury after he wascn i 1 threatened, said Carlos Vatent zuela, the top UN. electkmretf-- i it s'k-rjpert in Iraq. The task of protecting ap-- i tr l proxirnatery 20,000 pollkig stations across Iraq win be ajnajori challenge for the U.S; military i and Iraqi security forces as r i" they try to strike a balance between providing security and i not appearing to be influencing ' the vote. t The United States formally ended its occupation of Iraq J June 28, handing over power to: 1 a : i i. j nv interim v i ivrnmtf l nHinwi rt i t . 11 Former President Carter still promoting peace and human rights at almost W Doug Gross ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ATLANTA As he approaches 80, Jimmy Carter could be enjoying retirement teaching Sunday school, relaxing with family and reflecting on a life that's taken him from the peanut fields of Plains, Ga., to the White House and back. Instead, Carter continues to use his status as a former president to promote peace, health and voting initiatives across the globe at a sometimes startling pace for his age. "I have been blessed by graduating from the White House at an early age," Carter, who left the presidency at 56, told The Associated Press. "Enough so that I could use the prestige and fame and experience from being president of the greatest nation in the world to have access to leaders and understand the problems that they face." The majority of the work that Carter does is through the Carter Center a combination of a presidential library and a d Nations" he and his wife founded in 1982 on a wooded patch of land in Atlanta. Carter, whose 80th birthday is Friday, won the Nobel Peace Prize two years ago. He has remained active on other fronts as well from his woodworking shop in Plains to the stage of the Democratic National Conven "mini-Unite- ' tion in Boston. Witness his schedule for this year: Carter traveled to Ghana, Togo and Mali in February as part of an effort to eradicate Guinea worm a painful dis- ease that has ravaged parts of Africa since Biblical times. He spent a week in June in rural Alabama and Georgia helping build houses with Habitat for Humanity an annual tradition he plans to take to Mexico next year. In July, he joined Carter Center staff in Indonesia to monitor that nation's first round of elections, followed by a vacation in the Galapagos Islands. He traveled to Venezuela in May and August for more election monitoring. Last month, he spoke at his party's national convention in Boston. fBlillilill said. -- ol ' , - V S i;r ' . -- RIC And throughout the year, he continued to teach Sunday school in Plains and lectured at least once a month at Atlanta's Emory University, where he has been on the faculty since leaving the White House. He published his 19th book, "Sharing Good Times," late'last year and spent much of this. year, working on a sequel to The Hornet's Nest," a novel of historical fiction set during the Revolutionary War. At the same time, he continued tojnake time for hobbies that include woodworking and That is kind of a moot ' question for me." i He ateo Rigorously defends his tenure m the White rjouse. in your life." One wpuld have to go back to He helped broker a lasting William Howard Taft to find . peace between Egypt and Israel another American president at Camp David, normalized whose post presidency, years diplomatic relations with China, were as busy, said University of and signed the SALT II arms-contrGeorgia political scientist treaty with the Soviet , UWoii Charles Bullock. Taft, who , spent four uneasy years in the" .1 f I dont reaDv feel that mv ' White House from 1908 to 1912, legacy needs polishing," Carter" went on to become chief justice said "We kept our nation at of the U.S. Supreme Court. hpflrp U?P nrnmrtf aH human Most other presidents "once rights, we increased the size of J, our national parks, we tripled they left the White House, pret,the size of our wilderness areas ty much withdrew," Bullock ( said. They either retired altoinere wasn t any scandal m oub gether cr at least dropped out government " of the limelight." We had a eood administra- Carter's harshest critics have tio4.hfsaid. ,V called his EvenSooDonents of Carter's work a bid to redeem a failed presi- politics largely celebrate his 1 . postrWhite House work. And irj dency. Carter, has described his over- - the wttktis where the Carter Center works to combat dis-- . 'i whelming defeat by Ronald Reagan in 1980 as a personal . ease, broker peace and ensure low. Massive inflation, spiraEngl fait ecfio)is, the former prea- - j dert image has reached al-gas prices and a demoralizing most mythic proportions. hostage cnsjs in Iran left the 'public sour toward the r Carter's wife, Rosalynn, re--' Ken ueorgian ana ready for counted how her husband was named an honorary chieftain in' Reagan's "Morning in America" message. . one African village they visited. Carter says his work today is Another granted tbecouple a not about bolstering his image. patch of land and named Carter "If I was primarily interested J aking--.:r in a legacy whyVouid I be in : And,Mrs. Carter sm, new the most remote villages in the parents in those areas frequent world, where there are not any ,ry grant Carter a more personal news reporters or television ' honor; naming their children af cameras or photographers?" he ter the 39th president, your life, to stretch your heart and mind and to have things ' that are much more enjoyable Former President Jimmy Carter reacts during Carter Center in Atlanta on Wednesday. oil painting. FEU Associated Press an interview at The Since his days as Georgia's governor from 1971 to 1975, some observers have called Carter a micrcHiianager. He . says his later years have taught him to delegate duties to others. That's one of the lessons you learn with advancing age," he said. 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