Truck with allegedly fake ballots detained

[ECH1969]

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- With the country's parliamentary elections slated for Thursday and early voting already under way, a truck carrying what are believed to be fake ballots was detained in the Iraqi border province of Wasit, the U.S. military said Tuesday.

U.S. investigators were being sent to examine the ballots in Wasit, located on the Iranian border southeast of Baghdad.

The truck's driver was Iranian, as was the truck's license plate, said an Iraqi Interior Ministry source. Authorities are investigating reports that other vehicles with possible fake ballots have been trying to cross the border into Iraq.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.html

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Geez, they weren't for the Shia majority candidate now were they? nt.

[CottonBear]

2. Another Bu$hco setup to create a reason to invade Iran.

:scared:

[Auntie Bush]

6. You and I wear the same size hat!

[Brundle_Fly]

16. my hat fits all too.

although It is conceivable that the Iranians have a great deal of political capital vested in this election.

you really have to ask, and this is pure gold...

how in gods name would they know what the US printed ballots would look like??!?!?

answer

they wouldnt.

or

they were given the info.

either way its a manufactured attempt to block democracy, and grounds for either sanctions or invasion....

my guess bombing by Israel, cleanup by US troops.

[CottonBear]

20. We do! (6 7/8") It is all just too "set up" for me to believe the story.

Plus, the story was run on our MSM. 'Nuff said.

Happy Holidays!

[stevedeshazer]

15. I'm going with your take on this

CNN doesn't carry anything without high level approval. This is Pravda at work.

We're getting our war on for Iran. Bank on it.

[CottonBear]

22. It was a gut reaction. Bu$hco is not subtle.

I hope we don't invade iran. My cousin-in-law's family lives there. They survived the Iran-Iraq war but this could finish them off. :(

[villager]

3. Diebold has trucks over there? Or were they State of Ohio

fleet trucks?

[IndyOp]

10. Probably Triad trucks...

The whole world must know by now to watch out for Diebold, ES&S, and Sequoia...

:grr:

[medeak]

4. Oh the irony.... n/t

[HuffleClaw]

5. hahhahahaaa

how transparent can ya get? really, this stuff is keystone kops worthy. hands up if you believe this is other than a false flag op.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

7. And I suppose the Syrians were going to blow it

up too!

LOL

[grytpype]

8. The Iranian version of Karl Rove is hard at work...

[hang a left]

9. How stupid are the American people?

Really. That is the most fucking ridiculous story I have read since...probably...yesterday.

[joeunderdog]

13. Yeah, didn't they mean Ohio, not Iran?

Either that, or Blackwell has another office.

[texanshatingbush]

11. They're fast learners. n/t

[Carolab]

12. Check out the poll.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/13/iraq.main/index.html

18% say their biggest hope is there is no election fraud.

[rateyes]

14. I see the Iranians are taking

a page from the Republican playbook. Let's see, Iran is majority Shia---just like Iraq. Hmmmmmmm.

[fishnfla]

17. Its a double cross set up

They are trying to incite voters against any Iranian-backed candidates

Pretty clever

[ECH1969]

18. NY Times has more info

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 13 - Less than two days before nationwide elections, the Iraqi border police seized a tanker on Tuesday that had just crossed from Iran filled with thousands of forged ballots, an official at the Interior Ministry said.

The tanker was seized in the evening by agents with the American-trained border protection force at the Iraqi town of Badra, after crossing at Munthirya on the Iraqi border, the official said. According to the Iraqi official, the border police found several thousand partly completed ballots inside.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly, said the Iranian truck driver told the police under interrogation that at least three other trucks filled with ballots had crossed from Iran at different spots along the border.

Agents of the Iranian government are believed to be supporting the two main Shiite political parties here - the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq and the Dawa Party -with money and other assistance. Both parties support a strong role for Islam in the Iraqi state.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/14/international/middleeast/14iraq.html

[No Exit]

19. BAGHDAD?? I thought it was in TOLEDO....

[WhiteTara]

24. lol Me too! n/t

[Psephos]

21. Yeah, sure, like Iran's fundy theocrat nutbags would ever meddle in Iraq

I'd never believe that.

Peace.

[CottonBear]

23. I believe they would meddle but how did they know what the ballots looked

like?

[texpatriot2004]

25. Just like American "Democracy" under BushCo. n.t

[oldlady]

26. Damn.

Chalabi leaking another secret??? *geesh*