Turned out nice again
How many Iraqis were registered to vote?
It sounds impressive to say that 57% defied the gunmen but 57% of what? (It should not be forgotten that the country was locked down with tight curfews and a ban on vehicle traffic, so that the gunmen were more or less restricted to shooting people in their own home streets. Erm.)
As Sami Ramidani points out, this isn't the first election the Americans have held that has been no more than a break in the campaign to kick them out of a country they have invaded.
The Americans are fantasising that the election is an endorsement of their occupation but Sistani claims that this is just the first step in ridding Iraq of them. He told the Shia to vote for the Shia list and see the Yankees shooed out the door. The people responded enthusiastically.
They could hardly have been voting for anything else. The candidates' names were secret. Their programmes were not publicised. Naturally the people were willing to walk to the nearest school or whatever to add their voice to the clamour for sovereignty. The war has been "over" for nearly two years now and still the Americans are killing them in the streets.
posted by Dr Zen @ 8:45 am
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