Mission Accomplished!
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/international/middleeast/16election.html?hp&ex=1105851600&en=f3173f5d3f0260d9&ei=5094&partner=homepage
The threat of death hung so heavily over the election rally, held this
week on the fifth floor of the General Factory for Vegetable Oil, that
the speakers refused to say whether they were candidates at all. "Too
dangerous," said Hussein Ali, who spoke for the United Iraqi Alliance,
a party fielding dozens of candidates for the elections here. "It's a
secret."
And then Mr. Ali and his colleagues left, escorted by men with guns.
So goes the election campaign unfolding across Iraq, a country
simultaneously set to embark on an American-backed political
experiment while writhing under a guerrilla insurgency dead set on
disrupting the experiment. With only two weeks go to before the vote,
scheduled for Jan. 30, guerrillas have stepped up their attacks and
driven most candidates deep indoors, and on Saturday, the authorities
said they would restrict traffic and set up cordons around polling
places on election day.
A result, in large swaths of the country, is a campaign in the
shadows, where candidates, ordinarily eager to get their messages to
the public, are often too terrified to say their names. Instead of
holding rallies, they meet voters in secret, if they meet them at all.
Instead of canvassing for votes, they fend off death threats.
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Yang
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EAC Econometric Forecast and Sorcery Division
Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec (aka aka Yang's little poltregeist *****)
The Bush 'balanced' budget: 1.6 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: 12 million FEWER jobs than Clinton and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -1362 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting
Having Bush ***** up my country: Worthless
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