The Iraq vote: What the papers are saying in the Mideast

The Iraq vote: What the papers are saying in the Mideast:

"UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

The Dubai daily Al-Khaleej carried a front page report titled 'Iraqi elections in a state of war'.

We 'fear that the polls will lead to an internal struggle and the breaking up of Iraqi unity in a bid to achieve the goal of the occupation which is aimed at remaining in the country,' the newspaper said.

The daily hoped, however, that 'the Iraqi people will succeed in making these elections a prelude to the departure of foreign troops and the restoration of (Iraq's) sovereignty'." MORE...