In other news from Iraq, the country’s largest Sunni political party announced Monday it is dropping out of next month’s election. The move by the Iraqi Islamic Party raises new questions over how credible the election will be seen if Sunnis do not participate. On Jan. 30 Iraqi voters are scheduled to elect 18 provincial councils and a 275-member National Assembly that will appoint a central government and draft Iraq’s constitution. The Christian Science Monitor has obtained a memo from the chief United Nations election official that raises many alarms about the Jan. 30 election. According to the memo, the number of new voter registrations is below expectations. The warehouses where ballots are being stored are not fully defendable from attack. The UN official also questions why Iraq is using schools as voting sites even though some polling centers are expected to be attacked.