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 …
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Iraqi Reactions on the Constitution
As October 15 approaches, and the referendum on the Constitution nears with it, I’ve been watching the many Iraqi blogs to see what they have to say about it. Here are a few you might like to read.. I would highly recommend reading them all, they all give valid perspective.. much more valid than anything …
Democracy takes a turn for the worse in Iraq
Bad news from the New York Times yesterday: Shiite and Kurdish lawmakers have made a “clarification” to the rules on how the new Iraqi constitution will be passed: Under the new rules, the constitution will fail only if two-thirds of all registered voters – rather than two-thirds of all those actually casting ballots – reject …
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