Just a quick post, check out some of the Iraqi and other political blogs on my bar for more on the results that are just being released! The (Shia) Iraqi alliance won 131 seats… the Kurd party came in second with 70 seants and Allawis’ party came in with 32 seats. THis is all from …
Tag Archives: Election
Authoritarians in my own backyard
I started really paying attention to, and actively discussing, politics all due to one major event. Sept 11, 2001 As cliché as it sounds, that day really did change my whole outlook on life. There was one other event, that had a similar effect, but I didn’t really realise it until my post-Sept 11 awakening. …
Iraqi Policeman new National Hero
I just wanted to point out to everyone an incredibly selfless act of heroism that apparently happened in Baghdad during the election. Apparently, an Iraqi policeman guarding one of the polling stations saw a terrorist coming with his bomb strapped to his waist… he wrestled the terrorist away from the line of voters waiting to …