Major Sunni Arab parties to contest in Iraq's parliamentary elections

Adnan al-Duliami(C), head of the General Conference for Sunnis, answers the press in Baghdad, capital of Iraq, on Oct. 26, 2005. The leaders of the People of Iraq Gathering, the Iraqi Islamic Party and Iraqi Council of the National Dialogue, announced on Wednesday they had formed a new gathering to contest in the country's coming parliamentary elections due on Dec. 15.

The leaders of the People of Iraq Gathering, the Iraqi Islamic Party and Iraqi Council of the National Dialogue, answer the press in Baghdad, capital of Iraq, on Oct. 26, 2005. Three major Sunni Arab parties announced on Wednesday they had formed a new gathering to contest in the country's coming parliamentary elections due on Dec. 15.