Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Iraqi elections might be put off
You could knock me over with a feather with this Shocking News!
I'd like to say "I told you so" but a half retarded lemur could have told you the same thing, the plans of this administration aren't thought out or realistic!
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You could knock me over with a feather with this Shocking News!
Iraq's deputy prime minister has indicated for the first time that the much-heralded elections due in January could be derailed by the country's violent insurgency.
Barham Salih said the authorities were determined to hold the vote, but admitted they would have to assess the security situation nearer the time.
"Holding free and fair elections on time is an obligation that we have undertaken towards the Iraqi people," he said. But he added: "Nearer the time, the Iraqi government, the United Nations, the independent election commission and the national assembly will have to engage in a real and hard-headed dialogue to assess the situation."
It is the first time a senior figure in the interim government has acknowledged that the dire security situation in large parts of the country could affect the political process.
Yesterday, as US troops widened their control of the insurgent bastion of Falluja, marines found what appeared to be the mutilated body of a western woman. Only two foreign women are being held by kidnappers: Margaret Hassan, 59, the British-Iraqi director of the charity Care International, and Teresa Borcz Khalifa, 54, a Polish woman who has lived in Iraq for many years.
I'd like to say "I told you so" but a half retarded lemur could have told you the same thing, the plans of this administration aren't thought out or realistic!
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