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| Syria allows Iraqis to vote, Iran boycotts Iraq summit |
| 2005-01-04 |
| Iraqi citizens living in Syria will be allowed to vote in Iraq's national elections, planned for January 30. The Syrian government signed a deal with the Geneva- based International Organization for Migration, which will manage an out-of-country voting plan. Under the agreement, Iraqis wishing to participate in the elections from Syria will have to prove their eligibility to cast their ballots at a large voting station in the Syrian Capital, Damascus. Thirteen smaller election centers will be located in other countries with large numbers of Iraqis. Iraqi citizens living in Syria are expected to register between 17 and 23 January, and the voting process will take place from 28 to 30 January. There are at least 250,000 Iraqis living in Syria. Many of them escaped the deteriorating security condition after the U.S.-led invasion. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 sigh. |
| Posted by: 2b 2005-01-04 9:21:19 AM |
| #2 Will there be "voting stations" in Qom and Tehran? Funny you should mention that: Iran became the 13th country to agree to host Iraqi expatriate voting for this month's national elections, signing a deal Monday with the international organization in charge of overseas balloting. Turkey was expected to become the 14th country in the next few days.. The 14 countries where expatriate Iraqis were to vote were Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Iran, Jordan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. |
| Posted by: Steve 2005-01-04 8:29:31 AM |
| #1 ROFL!!! Laugh of The Day. Well, so much for the concerns of all the talking heads... Here's your Sunni Ba'athist vote, lol! Oh yeah, this will make it a clean no monkey-business election, all right. Will there be "voting stations" in Qom and Tehran? How about Amman, Riyadh, Cairo, London, Montreal, and Detroit? Just asking, heh. I'll sleep sooo much better tonight knowing an International organization has this well in hand. Legitimacy is now ensured. Uh, BTW, who'll confirm the eligibility of the voters and the guarantee the provenance of the ballots cast? Al Derman Zarqawi? Lol! I'll bet he's in up in Wash State learning at the feet of the Masters how to count dimpled & hanging chads and magically "find" boxes of "lost" ballots now... Wotta hoot! |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-04 12:59:51 AM |