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Title: Iraq poll result
Post by: aldo_14 on February 13, 2005, 01:59:42 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4261035.stm

A group dominated by Shia Muslim candidates and sponsored by religious leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani has won the Iraqi national elections.

Election officials say it picked up nearly half of the 8.5m votes cast.

The two main Kurdish parties were in second place with about a quarter of the votes, followed by the alliance led by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.

Title: Iraq poll result
Post by: pyro-manic on February 13, 2005, 02:04:12 pm

Not terribly surprising. I wonder what the Americans and the Iranians will have to say about this....

Title: Iraq poll result
Post by: BlackDove on February 13, 2005, 02:05:46 pm

As long as Oil is given to America, I'm sure they'll be happy bunnies.

Title: Iraq poll result
Post by: Kie99 on February 13, 2005, 03:10:13 pm

OK what happened to the Shi'ite spelling?

Title: Iraq poll result
Post by: Corsair on February 13, 2005, 03:35:34 pm

Why spell something in Arabic correctly? That would mean respecting them as if they were really people...

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Title: Iraq poll result
Post by: Bobboau on February 13, 2005, 03:43:04 pm

sort of like how we spell and pronounce Mexico diferently than the Mexicans

Title: Iraq poll result
Post by: Night Hammer on February 13, 2005, 03:46:15 pm

yeah but we really dont repsect the mexicans...down here at least :p