A "Free" Election . . . Under An American Occupation

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Iraqi's wait in line in the center of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005 to vote in their country's first free election in a half-century .(AP Photo/Mohammed Khodor)


An Iraqi girl is searched by US Marines outside a polling center in the center of Fallujah, Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005 to vote in the country's first free election in a half-century. (AP Photo/Mohammed Khodor)


This photo made available by the British Army, shows soldiers from the Iraqi Army, supported by members of the British Air Re-action Force (ARF), stopping vehicles moving through the outer cordon around Basra, southern Iraq , Sunday Jan. 30 2005, during the first national elections in Iraq for around 50 years.(AP Photo/Chris Hargreaves, Army ho)


Corporal Josh McMichen, a member the U.S. marines, posts an election poster in Al Anbar province west of Iraq on January 29, 2005. Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters

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1. What's the web site on that poster?

I can't quite make it out.

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2. Thanks for posting those.

That poor Iraqi girl looks like she's going through TSA security. I heard one reasonably honest reporter this morning talk about the body searches, election officials wearing masks, and voters having to have their hands stamped with ink (in concentric circles, I suppose). Anyone who believes these elections were in any way free or will represent the will of the Iraqi people is delusional. An exercise in propaganda for the BFEE is more like it. And those photos will certainly never be seen on American tv.

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3. I think I found the web site in the poster

http://www.iraqielection.com/

From the web builder web site:

Dr. Dhiya Al-Jumeily BSc. MPhil. PhD
Dhiya was awarded his PhD in Intelligent Tutoring Systems from John Moores University. He originally obtained a first class degree from the University of Baghdad in Mathematics, a Diploma in Science from the University of Liverpool and an MPhil from Liverpool John Moores University. He possesses a great wealth of knowledge regarding database development and is Frontier Softworks' leading expert in this field. Dhiya is currently actively involved in the reconstructive efforts in Iraq, and Frontier Softworks is using its expertise to provide all manner of software development in the region.

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