Rivals Demonstrate Over Iraq Vote

[WhiteTara]

This looks like the beginning of civil war to me.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/25/AR2005122500745.html
Rivals Demonstrate Over Iraq Vote
Shiites Rally in Support of Results; Sunnis Back Calls for Rerun of Elections

Rivals Demonstrate Over Iraq Vote
Shiites Rally in Support of Results; Sunnis Back Calls for Rerun of Elections

BAGHDAD, Dec. 25 -- Shiite Muslims staged rallies Sunday in support of their apparent victory in national parliamentary elections, while the Sunni Muslim minority also demonstrated, continuing to condemn the results. Meanwhile, in violence across the country, bombers and gunmen killed 13 people, indicating that an informal election truce in Iraq might be waning.

Two of the dead were American soldiers, killed by insurgent bombings in the Baghdad area, the U.S. military said. Military statements said at least one of the men was killed while on patrol, but the accounts gave no other details.
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In Baghdad's predominantly Shiite slum of Sadr City, an estimated 1,000 people rallied to support the governing Shiite religious coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance, which took a large lead in preliminary results from the parliamentary elections.

Sunni Arabs staged smaller, rival demonstrations in Fallujah and Baqubah to support demands from Sunni and secular Shiite parties for a rerun of the election.

In Fallujah, a former insurgent stronghold in Anbar province, local government offices closed in support of the Sunni protest, news agencies said.

The election complaints demonstrated the difficulty that Iraqi parties are likely to face in forming a government after final election results are released in early January. (isn't this interesting? this certainly gives them plenty of time to make sure the elections go the way "they are supposed to".

there's more that puts the bombings and killing in perspective.
At the end of the article it talks about the US not letting the prisoners be transferred to the Iraqis "until being certain "are treated in accordance with international law and with respect for their human rights,'' Johnson said. But, but John Negroponte is over there showing them how to treat prisoners!

[hang a left]

1. Just a reminder.....I am sure you just forgot

You have to edit your post to only 4 paragraphs.

[enigma000]

2. Negroponte? I thought he was in the US now. n/t