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Iraq Shiite bloc 'claims victory'
Reuters ^

Posted on 02/01/2005 9:36:59 AM PST by jmc1969

The United Iraqi Alliance scored a sweeping victory. We know that the majority of those who voted cast their vote for the alliance," Abdul Aziz al-Hakim said. Hakim tops the candidate list of the Alliance, drawn up with the blessing of revered Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

He also leads the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, one of the main parties in the powerful Alliance.

Iraq's 60 per cent Shiite majority thronged to the polls on Sunday, but many of the Sunni minority, which dominated Iraq under deposed dictator Saddam Hussein, stayed away.

Hakim said it was too soon to speculate who the next prime minister would be. The incumbent, Iyad Allawi, a secular Shiite, is seen as a leading candidate, along with Finance Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, a member of Hakim's party.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailytelegraph.news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: election; iraq; iraqielection; shiite; uia; victory

1 posted on 02/01/2005 9:36:59 AM PST by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969

Shiite's happening.


2 posted on 02/01/2005 9:39:33 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Semper Paratus
Iraq's 60 per cent Shiite majority thronged to the polls on Sunday, but many of the Sunni minority, which dominated Iraq under deposed dictator Saddam Hussein, stayed away.

Dear Disgruntled former Bathists: Glad we could teach you Down-Syndrome-killing cowards how democracy operates. Feel free to join our powerless Democrats on the ash-heap of history. Fewer votes=less power. Congratulations.

3 posted on 02/01/2005 9:45:28 AM PST by 50sDad ( ST3d - Star Trek Tri-D Chess! http://my.oh.voyager.net/~abartmes)
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To: Semper Paratus

At some point, some Iraqi representative mentioned that the Kurds are mostly Sunnis. Maybe it would be more correct to refer to the Mad, Bad, Sunnis as simply Saddam Loyalists.


4 posted on 02/01/2005 9:45:48 AM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: 50sDad

I suppose the Christians of Iraq are also about to learn how democracy works. Good luck to them. I hope they survive.


5 posted on 02/01/2005 9:51:26 AM PST by ValenB4
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To: jmc1969

Is this good or bad?


6 posted on 02/01/2005 9:54:06 AM PST by Nataku X (Food for Thought: http://web2.airmail.net/scsr/)
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To: Semper Paratus

Shite-eating grin?


7 posted on 02/01/2005 9:56:22 AM PST by Larry381 (Inventor & patent holder of the deliberalator)
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To: 50sDad; ValenB4

Did we have the proper oversight to ensure that all Iraqi candidates followed proper campaign finance reform rules? Did we have enough election monitors to keep people from passing out campaign literature within 100 feet of polling places? Did we make sure that voters weren't contributing more than the government-approved amount to their respective political parties? Did we see to it that the televised debates excluded all opposing viewpoints except for those of the two major party candidates?

If we're going to show these people how "democracy" operates, then let's make sure they get it right.

8 posted on 02/01/2005 10:17:48 AM PST by sheltonmac ("Duty is ours; consequences are God's." -Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson)
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To: jmc1969

He also leads the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq..

Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq

Sounds a little ominous to me.

Hope the Shiites aren't playing a game of letting us take care of the Sunni 'insurgency', expending our blood and treasure, so that when we leave they'll have a free hand to establish their Islamic Revolution in Iraq

9 posted on 02/01/2005 10:40:30 AM PST by ml1954
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"Hope the Shiites aren't playing a game of letting us take care of the Sunni 'insurgency', expending our blood and treasure, so that when we leave they'll have a free hand to establish their Islamic Revolution in Iraq"

Oh, perish the thought. It's not like Muslim leaders lie or anything. But you could go here to see some of Sistani's beliefs and rulings.

http://www.al-shia.com/html/eng/p.php?p=Ahkam&url=Q%26A

I especially like this one:

Q.62) A doctor who works in a hospital in Chicago, USA might, as a matter of standing procedure, not resort to giving a patient, who is suffering from terminal illness, life saving help like CPR. This procedure is adopted when, for instance, the patient's heart had stopped or blood pressure are dropping. In so doing the hospital and doctors will let the patient pass away peacefully. Should the doctor recommend DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) following hospital orders?

If the patient is non-Muslim, there is no objection to not giving the him life saving help like CPR. If the patient is Muslim, you have to exhaust all means to rescuing his life. The patient's request and/or that of his relatives not to save his life must be rendered ineffective.

10 posted on 02/01/2005 12:10:08 PM PST by ValenB4
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To: jmc1969
So what's this mean for Iran?
11 posted on 02/01/2005 5:25:29 PM PST by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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