"Ethnic tensions deepen over vote in Kirkuk
06/02/2005 AFP
KIRKUK, Iraq, Feb 6 (AFP) - 15h51 - Turkmen and Arab parties in the crucial Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Sunday accused majority Kurds of fixing the result of provincial elections, adding to tensions in the region.
Official results for the election, held the same day as Iraq�s historic national vote on January 30, have not yet been released.
But Turkmen and Arab parties in the city, a longstanding ethnic tinderbox, say Kurds from other parts of the country flooded Kirkuk on election day to inflate the community�s vote.
The Kurdish list expects to get about 63 percent of the vote for the Tamim provincial council, which includes Kirkuk, according to the Kurdish media. "
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