Only 1 In 5 Blacklisted Iraqi Candidates To Run (ap)

Ahmed Chalabi, the head of the Accountability and Justice Committee is seen in his first press conference since the Baathist ballot purge that threatened to disrupt Iraq's March 7 elections in Baghdad,Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Chalabi called on parliament to label the Baath party as a terrorist organization. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP – Only one in five candidates accused of being loyalists to Saddam Hussein’s regime successfully fought an order banning them from running in Iraq’s national elections next month, officials said Sunday.

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