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Originally posted by transplant99@Nov 23 2004, 05:25 PM
So many choices!!!
I guess the "instilled by Bush and friends government" argument takes a big hit with this nes.
Seriously, how could they possiby influence the outcome with this many different parties all on the ballot?
Will be interesting to watch.
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You are seeing parties coming together as allies though.
Former poop disturber Mucky al-Sadr and former disgraced USA lackey Chalabi seeing a common interest as an example. They're on the anti-American platform even if they have widely disimilar interests.
Chief Ayatollah al-Sistani of the #####es is pushing this election hard as he sees it as the opportunity to give #####es power in Iraq. He'll brook no delay. He also feels the numerous #####e parties will come together as a voting bloc but others feel that's fairly myopic.
In addition, I believe parties have to declare their allies before ballotting. I saw one analyst in the NY Times saying that's a form of fixing the election although I didn't quite get the logic since, obviously, any side could do that.
Also, interesting that in the last two days two Sunni clerics, part of a circle who were threatening a boycott of elections, have been mysteriously assassinated.
Looks like this election will happen.
EDIT: NY Times looks at the security difficulties for this election:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/internat...artner=homepage
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