Lieutenant General Ahmed al- Khafaji says ballot truck a LIE

[donsu]

http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=23574


Iraq border chief denies forged ballots seized

The head of Iraq's border guards denied police reports on Wednesday that a tanker truck stuffed with thousands of forged ballot papers had been seized crossing into Iraq from Iran before Thursday's elections.

"This is all a lie," said Lieutenant General Ahmed al- Khafaji, the chief of the U.S.-trained force which has responsibility for all Iraqi borders.

"I heard this yesterday and I checked all the border crossings right away. The borders are all closed anyway," he told Reuters. Iraq's frontiers are closed for the period of the election.

"I contacted all the border crossing points and there was no report of any such incident."

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Khafaji said that when he established the reports were false he tracked the source of the rumour, and said it appeared to have come from the Defence Ministry's intelligence unit.
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so there you have it.

I believe Lt. Gen. al-Khafaji

[Rainscents]

1. When I heard this news the other... I smelled something real bad!

RW will do anything to get the headline news...

[global1]

2. How Come They Can Close The Borders During An Election.....

an minimize the violence - but can't contain it when there is no election? What am I missing?

[global1]

3. How Come They Can Protect The Borders During An Election.....

but can't contain the borders after an election? What am I missing?

[Tom Rinaldo]

4. Probably a whole lot is missing

including the motivation of those in a position to watch that border under normal circumstances. But in fairness there essentially is the equivalent of a state of emergency in Iraq right now with no one allowed to use vehicles, long tight curfews, and double shifts being taken by security personnel. During a relative lock down crisis resources can be freed up for focused security that can't be allocated on a continuing basis. I'm sure there are no new military offensives going on inside Iraq now either.