Entire Iraqi Election Commission resigns following death threats

[karlrschneider]

just on CNN will look for a link.

[proud patriot]

1. well this is not good for the elections

:think:

[Coventina]

2. If it wasn't so tragic, it'd be funny

Bushco, you guys are MORANS!!!!

[The Backlash Cometh]

31. Shit. I'm with you. Funny if it weren't so incredibly frightening.

Idiot, asshole Bush! This is why your daddy didn't go into Iraq the first time! He knew there was no clean exit strategy!

[Boosterman]

65. sad isnt it?

The original seems so much better now.

[Journeyman]

3. I remember when this happened just before G. Washington was elected. . .

oh, yeah, everything's bloomin' democracy in Baghdad!

[damntexdem]

4. Oh, don't worry -- Dubya will make sure the elections happen on time.

He'll just get Diebold in there as a contractor. ;-)

[politicaholic]

22. And TADA! Schwartzenegger is the new President of Iraq!

[Demeter]

40. That Might Not Be a Bad Idea

With oil to grease the way, Arnold might find being the Prince of Baghdad much better than President of a bankrupt ex-super power.

[confuddled]

52. How 'bout Jeb Bush?

He's apparently an "expert" on disasters - as well as elections. Why, I betcha he could even arrange to elect himself.

[liberal N proud]

5. The elections must move forth, regardless

Shrub must get his puppets in place and it will not require an election commision.
In fact the lack of one will make it that much easier for them to fix this election. No one to buy off.

[SpiralHawk]

6. Something more for Bush to Smirk about

This is yet another god-awful mess he is responsible for.


"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things."
- George W. Bush, Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

[yorkiemommie1]

36. stupid stupid man

i hadn't read this one!

[Demit]

7. Oh, good Lord. Things are unraveling faster and faster, aren't they?

[karlrschneider]

13. Sure looks that way...they "reported" it in about 15 seconds (I did tivo

it & replayed to make sure I didn't mis-hear)...apparently "gunmen" burst into the election office and told them if they continued to work on the "election" they'd be murdered. Yikes.

[shadowknows69]

63. these gunmen weren't completely covered by clothes

and possibly caucasian were they?

[amber dog democrat]

8. I see Democracy is on the march again

or was that freedom ? I am currious to know just what sort of election the Chimp is expecting to see over there. Are there no more CIA trained expatriots we can send over to take up the slack ?

[bemildred]

9. Leiberman isn't going to like this. nt

[Tinoire]

49. Nope. Not one bit. Heaping flowers on us for democracy eh? n/t

[Spazito]

10. No problem, bush will just appoint Katherine Harris, Blackwell, Jeb...

and any other 'neutral' officials he might need and they will oversee the Iraqi election from a distance.

[acmavm]

16. No, he needs to send them over there. That way they can have that

special touchy feely thing going that republican fraudsters do so well. Hell, then they can even count the votes (while they're dodging the incoming mortars and bullets).

That's a plan I could live with.

[jukes]

11. don't we have

some 2nd hand diebold machines to lend them?
& i'm sure katherine harris kind spare a little time to officiate.

[Liberty Belle]

55. and Kenny-Boy Blackwell, too.

[maddezmom]

12. here's a link

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=4&u=/ap/20041230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[susu369]

15. All 700 resigned!

Thought I had heard that on TV - but couldn't believe it.

[jdj]

39. In Mosul

But Pollyannamerica still has hope:

"If true, the move will severely hamper efforts to prepare for the vote in Mosul, which has been too dangerous for most work to even begin though the vote is now only a month away."

severy hamper? do ya think?

[karlrschneider]

19. Thanks, I got hung up with a UPS delivery & didn't have a chance

:D

[Plaid Adder]

Good Lord, the ironies.

"Democracy could lead to homosexual marriage." Not as long as George W. Bush is in charge, it couldn't!

Anyone else find it even slighly amusing that Islamic militants are using the same campaign tactics Karl Rove used on us this year? Could this be evidence of a link between Karl Rove and Al-Qaeda? Maybe we should invade HIM!

C ya,

The Plaid Adder

[Rose Siding]

26. They do seem to have a grasp on the concept...

"Democracy is a Greek word meaning the rule of the people, which means that the people do what they see fit," the statement said.

Gay marriage and people determining their own destinies. Dual weapons of "conservatives" world wide.

[karlrschneider]

28. HI, PA! Ain't seen ya lately. :D

Looks like the Islamic fundies and the Talibornagains have something in common! :eyes:

[yorkiemommie1]

37. read and rated. looks like it's being freeped

n/t

[Barrett808]

41. Definitely being freeped -- just gave it a 5 n/t

[barb162]

64. "democracy was un-Islamic" sick, ignorant, uneducated comment

[Dickie Flatt]

14. freedom's on the march

[CatWoman]

17. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[karlrschneider]

23. Oh, don't be so negative! They'll fix it all in the next 30 days!

donchaknow.....
:eyes:

[Larkspur]

18. Another "catastrophic success!"

Who'd a thought this would happen? :eyes:

[dannynyc]

20. 700 employees in Mosul resigned

The Yahoo story states all 700 election officials in Mosul resigned. Does anyone know if there are more elections officials in other cities in Iraq? Is 700 the majority, a small part, or the entire staff of elections officials?

[OhioBlue]

35. 700 in Mosul

snip-
The Al-Jazeera satellite channel reported that all 700 workers for the electoral commission in Mosul resigned Thursday because they had been threatened and that Iraq's leading Sunni political party, the Iraqi Islamic Party, had withdrawn from the race.

If true, the move will severely hamper efforts to prepare for the vote in Mosul, which has been too dangerous for most work to even begin though the vote is now only a month away. -snip

[Tinoire]

53. Threatened by whom one must wonder. n/t

[OhioBlue]

54. I didn't see any reference in the link above

i only sniped as an answer that it was only referring to the election workers in Mosul.

[psychopomp]

60. The Mosul election commission resigned en masse

"The Al-Jazeera satellite channel reported that all 700 workers for the electoral commission in Mosul resigned Thursday because they had been threatened and that Iraq's leading Sunni political party, the Iraqi Islamic Party, had withdrawn from the race."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=4&u=/ap/20041230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[Rose Siding]

21. Was the decision made on a voice vote?

not funny. sorry.

Now what?

[Just Me]

24. The PNAC crap was a lose-lose proposition from the get go!!!

DON'T BLAME ME!!! I VOTED FOR THE OTHER GUY!!!

The PNAC will result in either failure or another world war: neither result, Richard Perle, will make our children sing.

[jokerman93]

25. Irony?

"Democracy is a Greek word meaning the rule of the people, which means that the people do what they see fit," the statement said. "This concept is considered apostasy and defies the belief in one God — Muslims' doctrine."

Bush's moon-eyed followers could easily be saying the same thing in their little bible circles and freeper churches.

The world's gone nuts. Pass the popcorn.

*sigh*

[karlrschneider]

29. No shyte.....see my post # 28

I'm gradually getting used to the concept of death as a happy escape from the insanity. I think I might not really want to see what the world is gonna be like after another 10 or 20 years...

[Karenina]

38. 10 or 20?

1 or 2?

[jokerman93]

58. haha

you got that right bro. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[olddad56]

27. Makes sense that the Iraqi people wouldn't want .....

a government that is in any way shape or form like the one that has destroyed their country. Little do they know that democracy was a great form of government for this nation for 224 years. What they really don't want is what we have now, Corporate Fascism. But ultimately, that is what they will get.

[tabasco]

30. Doesn't make a bit of difference .

Sham election commission for a sham election.

The US puppets will be installed one way or the other.

They will grab some people off the streets to replace these guys.

[PopSixSquish]

32. This is Just Out of Control!

How many soldiers and civilians have died and for what?

Back during the Vietnam War, wasn't the saying that "we ruled the day, Charlie ruled the night"? Well I think the Iraqi insurgents rule both here. They can and do attack with impunity.

[leftchick]

61. You are right. The resistance rules Iraq...

The US is playing a very costly game of whack-a-mole. Tis an utter shame that ameriKans can not recognise it. :(

[SHRED]

33. Bu$h and his minions must be...

shitting bricks.

:nuke: :wow:

[intheflow]

34. We can only hope! n/t

[susu369]

46. Really - "sideways"

(The devil made me post that)

:evilgrin:

[corbett]

42. Also Tragic That Lieberman Continues To Support January Elections

I'm beginning to understand why Lieberman was offered a senior post under the second shrub administration (which we all know is doomed anyway)! He has a screw loose! He would have been a DYNAMITE Veep under Gore but now I'm glad that he didn't make it far in the 2004 primaries!

[Omar_Mohamed]

43. Israel supporter

Lieberman simply wants the rest of the Middle East (besides Israel) to move away from God's laws toward man's laws. As the Iraqi warriors said, democracy is just another word for apostacy. And apostacy is sin.

Allah akbar,
Omar

[barb162]

62. Theocracy will get you nowhere, pal . Democracy doesn't equal

sin. Keep religion out of politics!

[Disturbed]

44. It amazed me..

when I heard that Iraq has 170 political parties involved in the forthcoming election. Think about those choices.

[Pam-Moby]

45. Liberman

I agree, I once thought that Lieberman was a good senator but lately I have come to view him as a repub.

[PROUDNWLIBERAL]

48. Liberman What He Is

The new Zell Miller!

[Pam-Moby]

57. Yes he is very close

:puke:

[Oversea Visitor]

47. What election

You need voters
You need to register them

The truth will come out on the numbers of dead in Iraq if an election is held

[Catchawave]

50. If this wasn't so sad....

...it would be funny. Is it time to send Saddam back:silly:

[Annus Horribilis]

51. Don't Worry Folks

Diebold to the rescue!!

[VegasWolf]

56. This will make it harder for bush to force his selection on the

"sovereign" Iraq. He's already got theos "voting machines"
greased.

[jman0]

59. report is being denied

http://www.breakingnews.ie/2004/12/31/story182656.html

"Today Adel al-Lami, a senior member of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq, denied a report by the Al-Jazeera satellite channel that all 700 workers for the electoral commission in Mosul resigned because they had been threatened.

“The report is not true,” al-Lami said. “Only two people resigned and they are the head of the (electoral) office in Mosul and an accountant” he said, adding that they stepped down “for personal reasons” and not because of threats".

[0007]

66. ......but......but .......Joe Lieberman said everything was cool

in Iraq and the folks were looking forward to the elections. What a moran!