47 Sunni, Shiite, Turkoman & Christian Bodies Boycott Iraq Elections

[G_j]

http://www.world-crisis.com/news/1089_0_1_0_M/

Forty-Seven Bodies Boycott Iraq Elections

Published Thursday, November 18th, 2004
Middle East - 03:29 GMT


Mazen Ghazi

In what could cost the new Iraqi government its necessary legitimacy to win the hearts and minds of the people, forty-seven Sunni, Shiite, Turkoman and Christian bodies have so far declared their boycott for the general election slated for early next year, due to the grisly US attacks in Fallujah.

Concluding a one-day conference in the headquarters of the influential Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars in Baghdad’s Um Al-Qora mosque, a plethora of bodies representing Iraq’s religious mosaic agreed that the open-ended Fallujah offensive was an obstacle to an effective political participation.

They further said that the outcome of the election is settled in advance for the “collaborators” with the US occupation troops.

The conference is organized by the Iraqi National Founding Conference, a coalition of Sunni, Shiite and independent Iraqi figures.
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[G_j]

1. kick?

[G_j]

2. Has this story been posted already?

I'm amazed nobody has commented.

[shrike]

3. This is a very important topic but has been posted at least once,

maybe twice in the past week. I personally don't read the freeper stuff or ugly-Bush-photo posts, so I hope you keep on posting this kind of stuff here.

[G_j]

4. thanks

I edited my post. Just frustrated in general lately. :-(
I feel bad that so many seem to have lost a focus.

[nostamj]

5. i don't think it will really matter to the bushies....

let's face it, they are not really interested in legitimate elections.

they will shove the sham through and install an 'elected' puppet. with 14 military bases, the real power in Iraq is going to the bushco for the forseeable future.