Passage: But success of the poll hinges on turnout among the fallen Sunni Arab elite that boycotted the January 30 election for a transitional parliament, Iraq's first free vote in half a century. On Monday, Sunni Sheikh Khalaf al-Alyani, a leader of the Iraqi National Dialogue, pressed Iraqi insurgents to observe a five-day truce so that the crucial vote could take place peacefully.
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