Iraq Reviews > Iraq: Referendum Result Rigged

edstrong.blog-city.comhttp://edstrong.blog-city.com [edstrong.blog-city.com] The early vote totals from Nineveh province, which suggested an overwhelming majority in favour of Iraq's draft constitution that assured its passage by national referendum, now appear to have been highly misleading.

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http://youngfoxredux.blogspot.com [Youngfox Canada] Weaving a sticky web of subterfuge and intrigue ...: It does not matter if Good Americans sit on the high court, if they are members of Congress, if they are propaganda conduits in the media, or if they are military ordered to turn on the very people they are sworn to protect, they are gravediggers of freedom and democracy."

[Resonance] 99% Vote: The investigation raised the possibility that the results of the referendum could be called into question.Back when Saddam held a "referendum," pundits and the America media used a 99% "for" vote as prima facie evidence that the election was rigged. Does the same standard apply today?

Montgomery County, MD Green Party Blog[Montgomery County, MD Green Party Blog] Iraq Experiences Democracy-Bush Style: If it’s proven that there was fraud in Ninevah or any other place it would affect the entire Iraqi political process and the credibility of democracy in Iraq,” said Naseer al-Ani, a senior official in the Iraqi Islamic Party, a Sunni group that backed the constitution at the last minute.

http://d-day.blogspot.com [D-Day] Welcome to Florida: Never mind that a significant portion of Iraqis voting had not read any of the Constitution they were voting upon, or even knew what the voting was about (hey, we ARE exporting American-style democracy!)The point is that everyone in ower needed this referendum to pass: the Iraqis in the government who want a burgeoning Islamic republic (as this Constitution mandates), the White House officials who want good news they can tout, the Kurds who want their own country, for all intents and purposes.

Back to Iraq 3.0http://www.back-to-iraq.com [Back to Iraq 3.0] Curious numbers in Ninevah: , according to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq. In October, according to AP’s preliminary...

http://dickmcdonald.blogspot.com [THE RIGHT SCALE] Approval of Iraq Charter Seems Likely Results fro...: Tom Friedman, at his leftist best, then asked the General what two things Sunnis want to become part of the new Iraqi nation hoping to open a new wound to pillory the Bush Administration with. Tom Friedman knows all too well that the Sunni minority is playing the Islamic Jihadist card to recapture their power to govern the majority in Iraq and that they have the cooperation of the Sunni Wahhabists in Saudi Arabia, Syria and Islamic devotees around the world rooting them on not only in spirit and finance but with the steady but small stream of young deluded boys willing to enjoy 72 virgins.

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