Iraq Elections: Farce of the Century

[clem_c_rock]

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0118-32.htm

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he Iraq elections began on Monday in fourteen countries - Australia, Britain, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Jordan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United States and runs until January 23. However, according to a renowned expert on international law, Sabah Al Mukhtar, the London-based President of the League of Arab Lawyers, the election is not alone fatally flawed, it is illegal. "Under the Vienna Convention, an occupying force has no right to change composition of occupied territories socially, culturally, educationally or politically. This election was based on the laws laid down by former 'Viceroy' American Paul Bremer and is entirely unconstitutional. Bremer personally appointed the overseers for the election", says Al Mukhtar, thus, far from 'free and fair' and heralding Iraqi 'democracy' they are entirely engineered by Bush's man.
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[anarchy1999]

1. Oh boy, this one is harsh, too bad so woefullly few in the US of A, "God

Bless America" crowd will know of it.

Welcome to DU, by the way.

[hector459]

2. Second farce of century: Afghanistan "elections"

Taliban are still everywhere and our soldiers are still being killed there and most of the country is still under the control of the tribal leaders. Cocaine and other drugs are the economy of choice and ever increasing. All we ever cared about was being able to lay the pipeline across the country.

[clem_c_rock]

3. Yeah but, president Unocal, er um, Kharzi will let the pipeline be built

Give the US some credit you ingrate!