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"Let's say you tried to have an election and you could have it in three-quarters or four-fifths of the country. But in some places you couldn't because the violence was too great," Rumsfeld said at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
"Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet," he said.
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry disagreed.
"The United States and the Iraqis have retreated from whole areas of Iraq," he said.
"There are no-go zones in Iraq today. You can't hold an election in a no-go zone."
Firas Al-Atraqchi/Aljazeera 24.Sep.04
