You are making NO sense. Clearly you are an infidel.
Posted on 01/30/2005 12:49:02 AM PST by presidio9
Iraq’s interim President Ghazi al-Yawer said on Saturday that most Iraqis will not vote in Sunday’s elections due to deteriorating security conditions and warned that the poll will not be successful if the Sunnis don’t participate.
"What we hope is that everyone will take part," President Ghazi al-Yawer said at a press conference on Saturday.
"But if the majority of the Iraqi people does not take part, and we know that the majority will not take part because of the security situation and not because they are boycotting the elections,"
"There are only very few who will boycott, but the majority has decided not to participate out of fear that their voters will not go to ballot centers in places that lack security," he added.
Rebels have launched a campaign of violence across Iraq to disrupt the election and have threatened to kill anyone who votes in the poll. The U.S. army said that attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces had trebled in the past week.
Some Sunni clerics have also demanded their followers to boycott the vote.
Those two factors will most probably lead to a low turnout by Iraq’s Sunni Arab minority, while Shiites and Kurds are eager to vote.
Al-Yawer also warned that "any political process that does not have the participation of the Shiites, the Sunnis and the Kurds will not be fated to succeed."
Yawar’s comments contrasted with a call by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi for all Iraqis to defy rebels’ threats and participate in the election.
"I ask them to participate in the elections whether they are inside or outside Iraq: Sunnis, Shiites, Kurds, Christians," Allawi told Sky television from Baghdad.
Around 14 million Iraqis are eligible to cast their ballots on Sunday in the country’s first multi-party election since 1950s.
Turnout is expected to be lowest in Sunni Arab areas, where violence is most intense. The Iraqi government said that it hopes for a national turnout of 50 percent.
I was just reading another blog that said al-Yawer's comments were taken completely taken out of context...
Strange that Al Jazeera doesn't mention that NO Saudis, Syrians, Egyptians, etc., will be allowed to vote at all.
Has anyone heard voter turnout numbers - the voting day is about half over.
--aragona
Yeah. He later said he never said most Iraqi's will not vote. What he said that most Iraqi's who do not vote will do so because ofelections. He then stated a 2/3 turnout. So Al Jaz is either ignoring the correction, or their news gatherers are slow.
HUH???
Sorry - was trying to imply that news from Al Jazeera re Iraqi turnout is no different than the silly stupid Iraqi official who insisted there we no American forces in Baghdad (as American armor took over the airport and sliced through downtown)
You are making NO sense. Clearly you are an infidel.
And none of Saudi Arabia's citizens, none of Syria's citizens and none of Iran's citizens will get to vote. More citizens in Iraq will vote today, than have voted in Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran combined over the last 25 years.
Al Jazeera, you really aren't worth the road apples left by a diseased worm infested camel.
Al Jazeera, you really aren't worth the road apples left by a diseased worm infested camel.
Good one. Why do people report what they have to say anyway? Who cares? We want to hear the truth.
I'm sure they report it, so that we are aware of what is presented to the Arab on the street. It is revolting, but then we should know what they are up to.
So why does this al-jazeera report sound exactly like sKerry's, MSN's, CNN's, et al, talking points??
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
Answering this is unnecessary. :-)
oops! wrong!!!
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