Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said Tuesday that he planned to meet Wednesday with recalcitrant Sunni tribal leaders to persuade them to take part in elections scheduled for Jan. 30. While Iraqi and American officials scrambled to keep the elections on track, the United States military announced that American battle deaths in November reached at least 135, largely because of the offensive in Falluja. That equals the number killed in April, previously the deadliest month of the war, when fighting raged in Falluja, Najaf and several other cities. Dr. Allawi told members of the interim National Assembly that the meeting with Sunni leaders would not include anyone believed to be active in the insurgency. The meeting was scheduled to take place in Amman, Jordan. Full Story
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