Allawi's coalition rejects partial results of Iraq's poll

[sabra]

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/20/content_3948000.htm

Allawi's coalition rejects partial results of Iraq's poll

BAGHDAD, Dec. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- Iraq's former prime minister Iyad Allawi's coalition said on Tuesday that they have reservations on the partial results of the Dec. 15 parliamentary elections announced by the country's electoral commission.

"The results are all fabricated as for the timing of its announcement or for the numbers," said Hamid Majid Mussa, head of the Iraqi Communist Party, part of Allawi's coalition, told a news conference.

"It is not reasonable that they announce the partial results of 89 percent of Baghdad's electoral district and some other provinces," Mussa said.

"Why they don't announce them when it was 50 percent or after they finish them," Mussa questioned.

[expatriot]

1. If I was the leader of a secular political party, let alone one with

atheistic leanings, I would be getting pretty scared right now too.

[mtnester]

2. Especially if you were in last place

and it does not appear you will be getting bailed out by Chimpo and Co, who USED to be your friends

[w13rd0]

3. Wait, wait...

...let me see if I've got this right. Bush circumvented the constitution to spy upon US citizens here who he thought had "semi-communistic" leanings (the Catholic Workers charity), but in Iraq, Bush was hoping for the Communist Party to win?

WTF?!?!?!

[cal04]

4. Sunnis Say Iraq Vote Was Fraudulent

Sunni Arabs alleged Tuesday that last week's parliamentary elections were fraudulent, especially in Baghdad province, and they said if the irregularities are not corrected, new balloting must be held in Iraq's largest electoral district.

An electoral commission official said that while more than 1,000 complaints from the Dec. 15 vote had been received and were being investigated, only 20 were "very serious," and he didn't expect them to change the overall result, which will be announced in early January.

The Iraqi Accordance Front, a coalition of three major Sunni groups, rejected those results, warning of "grave repercussions on security and political stability" if the mistakes were not corrected.

The Sunni officials concentrated their protests on results from Baghdad province, the biggest electoral district. "It was obvious to us that the forgery and the falsification have been taking place even before the opening of the ballot boxes," it said. The front said it considered the results "a falsification of the will of the people."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051220/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[wordpix2]

5. but * says the election was a huge success as Iraq moves closer to Iran

[stickdog]

6. Oh those quirky voting machine.

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Voting machines are accurate

[MrPrax]

7. Ah...entirely predicted.

Rather than thinking that an election would stave off a civil war, elections are much more likely to bring differences into sharp focus to cause a civil war...

So instead of Saddam killing shi'ites, it will be the Puppet and the President doing the murder and torture.