There have been a lot of turnout estimates thrown around fast and loose — hopefully we will have a better indication of the truth soon. But the International Organization for Migration (IOM) seems to have learned some propaganda techniques from the previous Iraqi leader. The IOM was in charge of out-of-country voting by Iraqis. This [...]
There is much speculation floating around about the tragic crash of the British C-130 Hercules yesterday which occurred barely twenty miles northwest of Baghdad. While the BBC reports in Ten feared dead in Hercules crash that “…wreckage from the C-130 plane, which is known for its reliability, was spread over a wide area, after crashing [...]
Andrew Gilligan, of the London Evening Standard, reporting from Iraq: “Groups of men sat outside their shops, showing each other the ink-marked index fingers they got when they voted. It was a Shia area. so no problems about turnout. No doubt about what voters wanted either. “‘Now we are democratic, the Americans must do what [...]
Getting beyond all the self-congratulatory hype in the American media, the London Independent offers this perspective from Iraq: “The Americans have repeatedly charged that Iran was interfering in the election and bankrolling Shia Islamist parties such as Dawa and the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) – both part of the Sistani list [...]
My Monday column calls the election “Sistani’s Triumph,” and suggests that the government that comes out of Sunday’s poll will be closer to the Iranian model than the American system. Here’s the conservative columnist Terry Jeffries, in a column published in May of last year that is of interest given the probable outcome of the [...]
I’m live-blogging Pat Buchanan and David Frum squaring off on “Hardball” with Chris Matthew. There’s Commissar Frum looking smarmy and green. Ewww… And there’s Pat, looking his usual great self. Frum :This is part of a broader struggle. This shows the entire Middle East the way forward — and will show that the battle is [...]
