"The interim government has announced sweeping security measures to protect voters in the 30 January election.
- Curfews will be extended
- In many areas, election staff intend to keep the location of polling stations secret until the last minute
- Iraq's borders will be closed for three days around the election
- Baghdad's airport is to be closed for two days
- The movement of pedestrians and cars close to polling stations will also be restricted, and non-official cars will be prevented from travelling between Iraq's 18 provinces
- People will be barred from carrying weapons ."
Granted, I suppose it is good people can't carry weapons to a polling place and start shooting people who look like they'd be voting for the opposition. But does this all sound a little extreme to anyone else? Maybe a little bit like the country isn't ready for a "free and fair" electoin yet?
3 comments:
You vill hahv a democratic election, and you vill like it!
are we the only ones who read this blog or ar we the only ones who give a shit that the world is going to hell in a handbasket?
i felt the same way when i heard about curfews and border closings...yeah, sounds fair and free and balanced too. sounds like uncle sam has got to cover his tracks quick, so vote dammit, vote! what are you voting for? not saddam. isn't that good enough? no? well they can't vote us out, can they? I don't remember seeing that option on the ballot.
haha, actually co, my next blog entry (that is still under revision, but i should post tomorrow) is entitled "here's to my only two blog readers: david and cohen"
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