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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:34 PM
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Iran: Israel, U.S. Rigging Iraq Election
Mon Dec 20, 2004 09:25 AM ET

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Israeli and U.S. agents were behind bombings in Iraq's Shi'ite holy cities of Kerbala and Najaf, Iran's Supreme Leader said Monday, accusing Tehran's arch-foes of trying to rig Iraq's elections for their own ends.
Shi'ite Muslim Iran was quick to condemn Sunday's car bombings in Najaf and Kerbala, which killed 66 people.

"I am sure Israeli and American spy services were behind these events. This is a plot which aims at keeping the Iraqis so busy that they will miss the exceptional chance to participate in the January 30 elections," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, speaking to Mecca pilgrimage organizers on state TV.

"The British and Americans want to hold elections on the surface but in reality they want to bring their own agents to power by holding superficial elections," added the Supreme Leader, who has the last word on all state matters.
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7140317
Officials from oil-rich Iran have called for fully democratic elections next year in Iraq, where the majority of people are their Shi'ite coreligionists.
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:35 PM
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1. Sounds like the Imperial Family has the same plan for Iraq
as they do for us Imperial Subjects heer at home.

Is Diebold making their "voting" machines, too?
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:37 PM
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2. If there is a REAL election whomever is elected will KICK us out.
So I don't see how the heck that Bush would allow a REAL election. He sure didn't allow a REAL election, here in America.
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0007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:40 PM
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3. Then you don't think Allawi will win the election?
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:41 PM
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5. Allawi is LAST on the list of who Iraqis support per CPA polls
If CIA-paid terrorist Allawi wins any election, it will be bushCo fraud. Plain & simple.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 12:43 PM
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4. Bush says that Iraqis should be allowed to determine their own future
President George W. Bush says that Iraqis should be allowed to determine their own future, without interference from either Iran or Syria:

"We have made it very clear to the countries in the neighborhood... that we expect there to be help in establishing a society in which people are able to elect their leaders; and that we expect people to work with the Iraqi interim government to enforce borders, to stop the flow of people and money that aim to help these terrorists. We've made that very clear. . . . And we will continue to make it clear to both Syria and Iran that...meddling in the internal affairs of Iraq is not in their interest."
http://www1.voanews.com/Editorials/article.cfm?objectID=0FA20933-24D5-476C-B417FE1E535FCD90&title=12%2F19%2F04%20-%20IRAN%20AND%20SYRIA%20MEDDLE%20IN%20IRAQ%20
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:46 PM
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6. duplicate topic
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