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1/30/2005 10:21:00 PM
The first free Iraqi election in 50 years is being hailed as a success by Iraqis and members of the international community.
"This is the greatest day in the history of this country," Iraqi national security adviser Mowaffak al-Rubaie
Insurgents had vowed to wash the streets with "voters' blood," and more than a dozen attacks killed at least 28 people and wounded 71 others. But that's a far cry from streets filled with blood.
A success? I wouldn't say that just yet. The true test of a democracy is the second election. The first lets the people choose the government, the second lets us see if that government respects democracy.
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1/31/2005 8:31:00 PM
I'm also scratching my head as to why the enumeration process and many other details of the electoral system in Iraq are being kept under wraps. Hmmmmmmmm.....?
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Shaggin
Nightlife Industry (19350posts)
2/1/2005 3:09:00 PM
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2/4/2005 9:00:00 AM
Not exactly a success, but a little different to Saddams elections
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2/4/2005 2:23:00 PM
I hear a lot of people discrediting these elections as "bogus" because the Sunis did not participate. I tend to think that's the Sunis' own problem. I expect this group formed to write the consititution will invite Suni input anyway...
Another sharp attack against this election is that the Americans have divided Iraq along ethnic lines by using the Iraqi army to divide and conquor. I wonder if Iraqis feel more attachment to their nation or their ethnicity.
Salahadin was a Kurd. I'm sure they can pull it together.
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2/5/2005 11:14:00 AM
^ ^ ^
"Salahadin was a Kurd. I'm sure they can pull it together"
es goodu dat u know dat, za majorety of peepil dunno dat! c'est beau!
az for zi elektionz...i tink es a shame to arabz coz et showz how estupid, haw unorganized, deepandent ediotz dey are.....for za iraqiz dat live abroad for many yeerz and naw u begin to see dem on TV..i mean why za phukk dednt dey speek up earlier!? why do dey hav to wait so long to estart tolking?
es so funny haw syria help zi iraqis vote!
too many muppats in ziss vvorld!
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