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So, when will the results be known?
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Muqtada al Sadr and his militia are Shi'ite. Your perception of the insurgency is flawed. The Shia want an Islamic state. The Sunni's want a secular state.Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Spiffor: The two major indeologies fueling the insurgents are:
- Baathist Rejectionists who want to restore the old Regime to power.
- Sunni Islamic Fundamentalists.
Sucsess by either would imply Sunni Dominance over the country.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Between a week and ten days for the official results.Originally posted by
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So, when will the results be known?"I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie AllenComment
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This is very good news, although there's still a lot more to be done - the insurgency, the rebuilding, the divisions in the country, making sure that it doesn't fall into dictatorship.
Arabs mesmerized by Iraqi elections"I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie AllenComment
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Just one so far. hehOriginally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
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"Muqtada al Sadr and his militia are Shi'ite. Your perception of the insurgency is flawed. The Shia want an Islamic state. The Sunni's want a secular state."
You don't seem to be paying attention. Sadr is not representative of the Shiite community and has not recently been fighting US forces. Zarqawi, the big Islamic Fundamentalist among the insurgents, is a Sunni. As for the Shiites, the main Shiite party, the UIA, wants a secular state(The NY Times recently had a good article detailing this). The Allawi list, also expected to gain a good number of Shiite votes, is secular."I'm moving to the Left" - Lancer
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heres an article from Le Monde, the french newspaper in Paris.
It says that In Fallouja, and Al Anbar province, turnout was close to 0%. Over 8 million iraqis voted (60%). also, they list other cities in civil disorder that im unfamiliar with (prolly not reproted in US press) : Bakuba, Kirkuk, Mosul, Basorah??, all came under attack. 10,000 independant observes say that voter fraud was mininal"Everything for the State, nothing against the State, nothing outside the State" - Benito MussoliniComment
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I've seen independent polls showing Sadr has support of 37% of the Shia... or was it 37% have a favorable opinion of him. I forget. It was in Time magazine. But regardless, you should read more. You are obviously misinformed.Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Sadr is not representative of the Shiite community and has not recently been fighting US forces.
And Allawi has like zero public support. If he gets any significant chunk of the "voting", I'll be convinced the elections were a sham. He's a US stooge, and the Iraqi's know it.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Allawi has like zero public support? Really? You don't know what you're saying Sava. Allawi is a strong nationalist, but at the same time a shi'a. Making him popular amongst Shi'as and sunnis alike.
People who speak bad of these elections are the ones who are the stooges.For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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Just as if you haven't had enough slaps in the face this year, sava. I feel bad for you. Doesn't your ego ever crumble even though everything is not going your way?For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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what isn't going my way?Doesn't your ego ever crumble even though everything is not going your way?To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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The US 2004 Election, the Iraq election...Originally posted by Sava
what isn't going my way?For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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And that ******* John Kerry he should shove it...For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)Comment
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I could really care less about Bush being in office still. It doesn't affect my daily life one bit. Plus, it gives me something to ***** about.Originally posted by Giancarlo
The US 2004 Election,
the Iraq election...
I didn't realize I had a "way" when it came to this. I hardly know any of the people running, other than maybe Sistani and Allawi. And this affects my life even less. I could give half a **** about the Iraq elections. I just hope it goes well so the US can get the **** out of there without losing any more American lives.
To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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