Aljazeera: Iraqis show mixed response to polls

[izzybeans]

This seems to be a more accurate assessment-as is par for the course.

Iraqis show mixed response to polls


Sunday 30 January 2005, 15:00 Makka Time, 12:00 GMT


A number of Mosul's Kurdish residents have defied death threats and an unstable security situation and headed towards the polls, but in some other Iraqi cities no one is voting.


As polls opened across the country, early signs showed a poor turnout of voters in Mosul. US soldiers were seen driving around city blocks asking why residents were not voting.

<snip>

Sunni turnout negligible

Polling stations in several towns in Iraq have not opened five hours after nationwide voting started on Sunday, the country's electoral commission said.

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Kurdish turnout high

While many voters across Iraq were hesitant to venture outside because of a highly volatile security situation and the promise of major attacks, Kurds in Arbil and other northern Iraqi cities have been rushing to polling stations.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/674D4BC3-BDA3-41AF-9D40-B80D79F812F9.htm

[Gman]

1. Al Jazeera is more credible than the American media

I believe this much more than anything out of American media.

[izzybeans]

2. It seems the US media is only reporting the turnout of one group

that they then use to represent the whole population. Turnout could be 72% in some areas. So half truths a spread once again.

[leftchick]

they have been showing video footage of Kurds voting...

and to no ones surprise they had a great turnout. The US media has been using the Kurd footage as representative of all of Iraq. Stupid muriKans won't figure it out.

[chelsea0011]

12. 72%?????????ROTFLA

:crazy: :crazy: :crazy: the US has no clue to turnout numbers this early, but what the hell, let's call it at 72%. You knew this would happen. Bush and Co. calling it a great day for freedom while people still die daily.

[VegasWolf]

19. 72% of the Green Zone more likely. n/t

[twaddler01]

21. you took the words out of my mouth...

I think Al Jazeera is more credible...and we complain about these guys all the time. I wonder why? ;)

[DELUSIONAL]

3. bushies gang of thugs what to project an illusion of democracy in

Iraq -- just as they have successfully projected the illusion of democracy in the US.

If you ask the vast majority of Americans if they lived in a democracy they would say -- yes. But they are living an illusion.

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[leftchick]

5. The Washington Times supports the terrorists...

in the WH**! I would spit on them in the streets of Washington!

[brucefan]

6. No they are unreliable.

Lets turn on Faux and get the real news:eyes: :eyes:

[izzybeans]

11. So what was the deleted message?

I bet its predictable.

[peekaloo]

13. um

an Iraqi whose family members spit on Al Jazeera (sp?) for being unreliable.

:eyes:

[izzybeans]

17. My family spits in the face of the MSM for being unreliable

:eyes:

[EFerrari]

7. What a gross misuse of our service people.

How would we feel if armed soldiers were driving up and down our neighborhoods "asking" why we weren't voting? And doesn't that make them even bigger targets? This whole thing is so wrongheaded and so dangerous.

Maybe I just don't understand what "pro-life" means to a Republican.

[mistertrickster]

10. They're pro-BIRTH, not pro life. Once the fetus is expelled from the

mother, they don't give a damn about it.

I.e., abortions are UP under Bush because poverty is up.

[twaddler01]

22. that would make sense

[MSgt213]

8. CNN is reporting 72 percent turn out. Of course this comes from the Iraqi

interm government with no independent confirmation. But at least we don't expect responsible journalist.

[izzybeans]

9. That number flies in the face of the good reporter who last night

on CNN laughed hysterically at the turnout question. She was at a polling place when it opened. She was still waiting for someone to show up. She just laughed because the instudio guy was fishing for good news and she had nothing. It was pretty telling. I hope CNN archives that footage.

[twaddler01]

23. if you find that

either online or somewhere...please let me know! I would love to see that. Perhaps we could send that to the Bushies }(

[Swamp Rat]

14. There was NO election in Iraq.

[frictionlessO]

15. a most excellent new lizardfeld, Swamp Rat! I love the blood red

eyes!

Nice!

[Swamp Rat]

16. Thank you

[twaddler01]

24. darn

I get an error:

"This image has exceeded 100MB in bandwidth usage today. PicVault.info"

Must have been good...

[Swamp Rat]

26. Here's another one just for you:

:D

[0007]

18. Not many are voting

Less than 25% of eligible Iraqi expatriates living in 14 countries selected as polling centres outside Iraq have registered to vote in Sunday's elections.

The body handling voter registration outside Iraq says 1.2 million Iraqi expatriates are eligible to vote in the 14 selected countries, but only 280,303 have signed up for the ballot.

[cire4]

20. After seeing "Conrol Room," I know Al Jazeera is more credible than

Faux State Television and CNN. This seemed to be one of the fairest and most sensible assesments of the elections that I have read. High turnout in some areas. No turnout in many others.

[ban-one]

25. Any old death #s around?

Were there more killed today than on any other election day there? I'm guessing more were killed today than when Saddam was in power.
But i'm sure with this administration, we'll never know how many were killed today.

[seimmud]

27. 44 were killed.

37 in one suicide attack and 7 around the country.

Im acutually suprised by that number, thought it would be much higher.

[ban-one]

28. no not from today

I mean compare today to other elections when Saddam was still in power. When were more killed