IRNA -- A group of Basra residents revealed on Friday evening that some political parties in Iraq have during the past weeks resorted to promising, threatening, and even bribing the people in order to gain their support.
| No! That's certainly never happened before... |
They said that Iraq's Communist Party, known as "Shoyou'ie", for instance, that has faced broad indifference of the public towards its plans, has started paying dollars and promising positions at government offices if its candidates will be elected during the upcoming elections to the youth who will vote for them. Saleh Kazem Mohsen, 27, a Basra resident, says, "I myself was witness to similar approaches applied by Ahmad Chalabi's group, that enchanted their supporters with the dollars and the promises."
| Guess there's no difference between him and the commies, then... |
He asks, "How could such parties claim to be the supporters of the Iraqi nation, while they themselves have looted public properly and occupied government buildings that actually belong to the people. What is the difference between them and the foreigners that have occupied Iraq?" he asks.
| If they're setting up an interim government, maybe they should only use interim government buildings... |
Al-Kahim Mahmoud, 47, another Basra resident, says, "If Saddam was a dictator, he was at least providing the daily requirements of the people, while these groups, with the promises that have vowed to keep, must sell Iraq's oil for many years and not buy any food or medicine, in order to keep them." The IRNA correspondent in Basra believes the people in southern parts of Iraq have already lost their trust in Iraqi political parties and their leaders, and most people try to stay away from the political parties and groups.
| Sure. Sure. They're waiting for Khomeini... |
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