The polls have closed… we await the results. No major attacks by insurgents to report… private cars have been banned from the streets. Powerlines north of Baghdad were sabotaged, causing a major blackout and loss of water… but this has not affected voting. The BBC reports that: “Turnout among Sunni Arabs is reported to be …
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New Deal on Iraqi constitution entices Sunnis
A new deal reached yesterday will make the new Iraqi constitution temporary if it is approved by Iraqi voters in the Oct 16 referendum. CNN and BBC have some details on the agreement. The new deal is currently being presented to the Iraqi Parliament for approval but assuming it passes, it will mean that at …
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Bush tells Palestinians: God told me to.
From Israeli paper Haaretz (cheers MyBlahg) According to Abbas, immediately thereafter Bush said: “God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I …