Blair’s comments came during a joint press conference with Iraq’s unelected prime minister Ayad Allawi. Allawi, who will be arriving soon in the United States, claimed that elections in Iraq would go forward and that the resistance is losing power. He told ABC’s This Week, * “It’s not getting stronger; it’s getting more desperate.* We are squeezing out the insurgency.” Allawi claimed the increasing number of attacks mark the last stand by the resistance. He said “We are winning.” Allawi is coming to the United States to address Congress and the United Nations at the opening of the General Assembly tomorrow. Other leaders speaking at the UN this week include President Bush and Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. John Kerry will also be in New York to campaign and hold fundraisers. While Allawi claimed the US-backed government was winning in Iraq, the weekend saw another series of deadly car bombings, kidnappings and other attacks.