Mosul election staff quit en masse

Friday 31 December 2004, 15:19 Makka Time, 12:19 GMT

"The entire staff of Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission in the northern city of Mosul, amounting to about 700 employees, have resigned amid growing violence in the country.

Staff members said on Thursday their resignation followed threats they received in the past few days. The withdrawal of the Iraqi Islamic Party from the election also figured in their decision, Aljazeera has learned.

In its response, however, the electoral commission has vigorously denied the report. "That's not true. We have our staff in Mosul and al-Anbar," Abd al-Hussain al-Hindawi, the head of Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission, told AFP."

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/74DCC874-441A-41DC-9598-14D149909BFD.htm

Let's send Katherine Blackwell over there to take care of the election. I mean, he did SUCH a good job in Ohio.
* should 'give' the Iraq election to him for a 'job well done.'
:puke:

discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1110362#1110419