Finally – someone speaks out!


The following is by “T.J. Snodgrass II,” for my blog:

I know we all have a variety of views on the many machinations of the UN; however, this time they are on the mark. The January Iraqi elections were a farce and did not meet international standards as will be the case with the October referendum.

Of course, no one on the US side has condemned this facade — in fact, some US apparatchik probably gave the Shia and Kurds the idea.


From the Oct. 4, 2005 story at BBC NEWS (PDF version):

The United Nations has criticised changes to Iraq’s electoral law that make it harder for Iraqis to reject the draft constitution.


The two-thirds majority needed in three provinces to defeat the constitution will now be counted from all registered – as opposed to actual – voters.

On Sunday Shia and Kurdish members of parliament pushed through the changes in the referendum rules on 15 October.


Sunni Arabs reacted angrily to the amendments on Monday.


They believed many registered voters may not show up at the polls because of violence.


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“Drinking the Kool-Aid,” Middle East Policy Council Journal, Vol. XI, Summer 2004, No. 2
 

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