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September 07, 2004
More Election Rigging in Iraq
From the Los Angeles Times:
Iraq remains on course to hold landmark elections in January, but violence could force authorities to exclude hotspots such as the western city of Fallouja from voting, a top U.S. general said here Sunday.
Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Metz, operations chief of more than 150,000 mostly U.S. troops, said in an interview that the "cancer" of anti-American militancy in places such as Fallouja would not derail national elections.
A "contingency" plan, Metz said, is to bypass Fallouja — and perhaps other violent enclaves — and concentrate on ensuring electoral security in Baghdad and other population centers where hostility is lower.
Conveniently, these "hotspots" are also the places where people are most likely to vote against Uncle Sam's preferred candidates. We can't have votes getting in the way of "democracy" now--can we?
Posted by Mike Tennant at September 7, 2004 10:44 AM