Hours after a wave of bombing attacks that left at least 20 people dead on Monday, Prime Minister Ayad Allawi telephoned President Bush and discussed the many impediments still facing the country as it heads toward elections in 27 days, according to senior American officials familiar with the contents of the call. The officials insisted that Dr. Allawi, Iraq’s interim leader, did not tell Mr. Bush that the elections should be delayed, though his defense minister said in Cairo on Monday that the voting could be postponed to ensure greater participation by Sunnis. “There was no substantive conversation about delay,” a senior administration official said. Dr. Allawi, the official said, “wasn’t even a bit wobbly” on that point.Full Story
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