Mosul voting criticised by poll commission

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Mosul voting criticised by poll commission

Mon Feb 7, 2005 4:26 PM GMT


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen looted polling stations in Iraq's restive Niniveh province during the January 30 election, tampering with ballot boxes and preventing thousands from taking part, the country's Electoral Commission says.

Niniveh's capital Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, is one of the hottest spots in a raging insurgency against U.S.-led troops and has seen numerous guerrilla attacks since November.

Electoral Commissioner Safwat Rashid told a news conference on Monday that only 93 of a planned 330 polling centres managed to open for the historic vote in the province and a subsequent probe had found numerous cases of intimidation.

"There were a number of polling stations where voting materials were looted by gunmen ... The Commission regrets that a number of people were not able to cast their votes," he said.

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[cthrumatrix]

1. more and more sounds like the US is "pushing/making up" the need for

a new vote...less Shiite.

Just a guess.......

[Dr.Phool]

2. Almost sounds like

An Ohio or Florida election.

[struggle4progress]

3. A glitch. Nothing that won't be fixed by our counting of the ballots.

[NYC]

4. Change "gunmen" to "Republicans".

Gunmen looted polling stations in Iraq's restive Niniveh province during the January 30 election, tampering with ballot boxes and preventing thousands from taking part...


Republicans looted polling stations in Iraq's restive Niniveh province during the January 30 election, tampering with ballot boxes and preventing thousands from taking part...

Sounds familiar.