"The Bush Administration uses double barrel propaganda today, with Mr. Bush using a prime time television address to say things like "My fellow citizens: Not only can we win the war in Iraq - we are winning the war in Iraq," and responding to negative news by saying "It does not mean that we are losing." Meanwhile, Mr. Cheney, while on a heavily guarded tour of the "Green Zone" and other locales in Iraq said today, "I think the vast majority of them think of us as liberators."
"While the Bush Administration portrayed Thursday's Iraqi elections as a resounding success, Iraqi political parties are complaining of violations ranging from dead men voting to murder in the streets as accusations begin to fly from all political corners of rampant fraud and violence bringing the results of the vote under suspicion".
Much has been written about the supposed succes of the recent Iraqi election. So, was it? And what are the facts on the ground?
This piece by an Iraqi independent journalist, Sabah Ali, gives the "local" perspective. You will not be surprised that it varies markedly from what is being said about Iraq, and the elections, by George Bush and Dick Cheney & Co.
"While the Bush Administration portrayed Thursday's Iraqi elections as a resounding success, Iraqi political parties are complaining of violations ranging from dead men voting to murder in the streets as accusations begin to fly from all political corners of rampant fraud and violence bringing the results of the vote under suspicion".
Much has been written about the supposed succes of the recent Iraqi election. So, was it? And what are the facts on the ground?
This piece by an Iraqi independent journalist, Sabah Ali, gives the "local" perspective. You will not be surprised that it varies markedly from what is being said about Iraq, and the elections, by George Bush and Dick Cheney & Co.
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