Iraqi Leader Says Thousands Couldn't Vote

[corksean]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's interim president said Tuesday that tens of thousands of people may have been unable to vote in the country's historic weekend election because some polling places - including those in Sunni Arab areas - ran out of ballots.

As clerks pounded vote-count tallies into computers to compile final results, President Ghazi al-Yawer also said chaos and a power vacuum in Iraq mean U.S. forces need to stay for now, even though a new government will be formed after the results are known.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4771853,00.html

[GetTheRightVote]

1. So * puppet speaks but look behind the curtain...... opps * stands there

:kick:

[librechik]

2. wow, they pulled an Ohio...

who could have guessed that extreme incompetence would throw a kink in their brilliant plan?

(snicker)

he earned his bonus for begging the US to stay, too!

[stevedeshazer]

3. Sounds like American-style democracy, all right eom

[Benhurst]

4. Bitch! Bitch! Bitch! They were promised American-style democracy

and that is what they got. What did they want? Honest elections?


The election is over. Now back to running the colony.
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[cthrumatrix]

8. this is our democracy.... people get screwed ...elite / corps get rich

[Rose Siding]

5. Next thing you know, they'll be singing Yankee Doodle

Can't emulate our democracy without extensive disenfranchisement.

[merwin]

6. "On that note, we have decided to fill out their ballots for them" n/t

Honestly though, it's just their excuse for why the Sunni population didn't vote.

[greyXstar]

7. bush** planted the flag the freedom...

straight up everyone's ass. :eyes:

[htuttle]

9. I don't believe this

I think it's preemptive cover for a smaller turnout than we've been led to believe the last few days.