« from Jay Leno | Main | Here Come Da Judge »
February 10, 2005
Florida 2000, Meet Iraq 2005
Iraqi officials said Wednesday they must recount votes from about 300 ballot boxes because of various discrepancies, delaying final results from the landmark national elections. Hundreds perhaps thousands of other ballots were declared invalid because of alleged tampering. . . .
Officials had promised final results from the elections by Thursday, the end of the Iraqi work week. On Wednesday, however, election commission spokesman Farid Ayar said the deadline would not be met because of the recount.
"We don't know when this will finish," he said. "This will lead to a little postponement in announcing the results."
Gee, you don't suppose the "recount" and "little postponement" have anything to do with making sure the right people (as defined by Uncle Sam) win--do you?
Posted by Mike Tennant at February 10, 2005 02:17 PM
Comments
It won't make any difference Mike. The Kurds and the Shi'a make up 70% of the total population, and more than 80% of those that voted. Allawi and the rest of his crew lost big-time and everybody knows it too.
Short of a complete repudiation of the election, he and the secularist Sunni types are O-U-T.
Posted by: Ali_Massoud ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.strike-the-root.com/blog/nav-commenters.gif){kind=small}
at February 12, 2005 01:27 PM
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)