Sunni Leader Decides To Take Part In Iraq Election (ap)

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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2006 file photo, Saleh al-Mutlaq, a Sunni politician who has been barred from running in the election because of alleged ties to the Baath party, is seen at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq. The Sunni wing of Iraq's leading nonsectarian political coalition is dropping out of next month's elections, saying the vote will be illegitimate because of a Shiite-ordered ballot purge of hundreds of candidates. The Front for a National Dialogue is headed by Sunni lawmaker Saleh al-Mutlaq. He was barred from running for re-election after a Shiite vetting panel accused him of having ties to Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath party. Al-Mutlaq has said he quit the party in the 1970's. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)AP – A top Sunni lawmaker who just last week pulled his party out of Iraq’s upcoming election backtracked Thursday, ending any possibility that minority Sunnis would boycott the crucial March 7 vote.

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