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2005-10-16 Iraq

Sunni Turnout High at Iraqi Charter Vote

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Posted by Steve White 2005-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 In Tikrit, Saddam's hometown, voting was intense. ``This constitution was written by people who are loyal to Iran rather than being loyal to Iraq,'' said Hassan Maajoun, 60, reflecting some Shiites' deep suspicion of Sunni ties to neighboring Iran.

Al Q-Guardian, does the fake but accurate again.

Posted by Red Dog 2005-10-16 00:21|| 2005-10-16 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, I thought that was a fair quote: fair in that there are likely a number of Tikritis who think like that. It does us good to hear this; gives the government an opportunity to turn that perception around.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2005-10-16 00:33|| 2005-10-16 00:33|| Front Page Top

#3 Once again I wonder how much better things might have been if the 4th ID had been able to sweep down out of Turkey into the Sunni triangle and grind the Baathists into the dirt.

Posted by RWV 2005-10-16 00:42|| 2005-10-16 00:42|| Front Page Top

#4 reflecting some Shiites' deep suspicion of Sunni ties to neighboring Iran.

shouldn't that read...

reflecting some Sunnis' deep suspicion of Shiites' ties to neighboring Iran.

yea or nay?

Posted by Red Dog 2005-10-16 00:47|| 2005-10-16 00:47|| Front Page Top

#5 RD _ Absolutely "yea". This is stated backwards. The alG Editors screwed the pooch in the Big Finish, lol.

Posted by .com 2005-10-16 06:20|| 2005-10-16 06:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Yep, it's backwards, but this is the ME and the Guardian. Outlandishly wrong, but certainly plausable to the Western ear.

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-16 06:28|| 2005-10-16 06:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Cox and Forkum illustrated their take on the outside influence of Iran over the new constitution on 10/13/05.

Posted by GK 2005-10-16 09:02|| 2005-10-16 09:02|| Front Page Top

#8 I noted with amusement the absolute despair over at CNN this morning. They were almost as blue as if George Bush had through some luck been elected to a third term.

Otherwise, the MSM emphasis I've noted: since there was almost no violence on election day, they talk about the violence "in the run up to the election".

They also emphasize that Sunnis were widely opposed to the (constitution), which they have been using their thesaurus to try to find synonyms for, that make it sound less important.

And this leads to the most amazing MSM spin of all, that the constitution *demonstrates* that the country is heading towards civil war. Now, while I wouldn't dream of trying to justify *that* statement, it's not too hard to imagine the MSM contorting themselves to do so.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-10-16 10:18|| 2005-10-16 10:18|| Front Page Top

#9 Lol, Moose - excellent take, IMHO. I may just mosey on over to a few of the asshat channels to see them morose and despondent and spinning like devishes... I've already heard one moron (Donk "Strategist") on Fox this AM say that this means we should start withdrawing troops and that the lack of such an announcement by Bush proves he has no exit strategy, lol. Amazing selective dervishy BS and proof that the cognitive dissonance thingy must be genetic - and the Moonbats can thus be identified for a boutique viral attack, lol. Yes, hearing them try to figure out how to make this a bad thing will make for a nice smug Saturday morning, lol.

Posted by .com 2005-10-16 10:31|| 2005-10-16 10:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Fox last night noted this was calm compared to the "extensive" violence in January. I thought the day of the eleection was pretty calm?

This am, the WaPo mused how insurgents stopped their attacks so the Sunnis could all come out and vote "NO", while turnout in the Kurd and Shia districts was quite light.

Turn, turn, turn....

Posted by Bobby 2005-10-16 10:36|| 2005-10-16 10:36|| Front Page Top

#11 At the moment, CNN is doing damage control by having Blitzer interview one of CNN's own correspondents about how support for the war is flagging, blah-blah.

Posted by Matt 2005-10-16 12:41|| 2005-10-16 12:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Very old saying
"When the reporters start interviewing each other, the story's over"

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-10-16 14:38|| 2005-10-16 14:38|| Front Page Top

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