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I bet the Mr Bush will cancel elections arguing that had some "fraud" involved. He didnt invade Iraq just to see it turning worst (from american point of view) that it was.Quote:
Originally posted here by MURACU
It will be interesting to see what will happen if the wrong group (from the american point of view) wins the elections.
And about Iraq turning Iran, i think instead "turning" why not "merging" and create the new Persia Empire?
What the world is saying about the elections...from over 4000 sources...
http://www.einnews.com/iraq/newsfeed...18416&afid=384
considering it was the shia and kurds who turned out ID say things are going to get even uglyer, expect the new goverment to call for imediate US withdrawl and some sort of religious law to be setup....while in the north expect more and louder rumblings about breaking off into a new country and now that the kurds have a political voice it may happen....no way turky gose for that.
Iraq...courtesy of the CIA World FactBook...
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/iz.html
By the way...you might want to bookmark this for future Country references. Canada has been updated a few days ago.
Registered voters is just that "registered". They filled out the paperwork. 60 percent of those who registered actually cast their vote. If it was 60 percent of the population, as in registered or non-registered that would be even more amazing considering to cast a vote you rolled the dice a little, in that you would be executed. 60 percent of registered voters is a good turn out by any standard in a democracy who is at peace and not in a struggle for power by war lords. The notion that Iraqis do not desire a democracy is purely political grand standing.
One could guess of likely outcome scenarios, all bad. Hell Sadam himself took power through a coup. One could also imagine a constitution and a government with safeguards to help prevent it. I am not so sure Turkey would mind a Kurdish state, as long as it was not within their borders. Hmm, democratic Iraq could become a Turkish ally, the ONLY two democratic states in the Arab world may find some compromise among one another.
Not that I want to get into this argument ... because I don't ... I am amazed by one thing that has been left out...
Considering that the millions of Iraqi's that live "outside" of Iraq were allowed to vote...I wonder what the "real" percentage was of Iraq's living in Iraq...are there any statistics on those figures?
Most of those "registered voters" that everyone keeps talking about might not even be living in Iraq.
Egal:
Example of those "millions" living outside Iraq..... Where I live, Detroit, is home to the largest population of registered voters in the USA.... I don't think that the 9,500 or so Iraqis that were registered here will make that big of a difference.....
Al Gore just called: He wants a recount......
Hi Tiger Shark,
You're right...but if you factor in all from every city and country in the world...and the tens of thousands in Syria and the rest of the middle-east we could be talking about a pretty hefty percentage. I don't know the figures that's why I asked. It would be interesting to know the real breakdown from each Country and how that affects the outcome.
Personally, I've already expressed my veiws in another thread...which is why I've pretty much kept out of this one.
Al Gore just called: He wants a recount ! :D Still makes me laugh :D
How about "I was for the election, but didn't think it would work, and it's too early to tell"
It's tough to wade through the negative crap on the net, hordes of it... but as of 22 Jan Here is the breakdown according to the Associated Press.
93,847 of those millions actually registered. I too was interested in that data...
AMAZINGLY most were in Iran. Man there are alot of Iraqis in Europe.
Austrailia - 5.158
Britain - 8,506
Canada - 3,473
Denmark - 5,084
France - 267 Isn't that interesting?????????
Germany - 6,448
Iran - 20,805
Jordan - 5,019
Netherlands - 4,882
Sweden - 10,773
Syria - 2,144
Turkey - 6,086
UAE - 8,966
USA - 6,086