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Iraqi Faults U.N. on Lack of Staff to Aid in Voting
2004-10-21
The United Nations has not sent enough election workers to help monitor pivotal elections scheduled for January, Iraq's foreign minister said here on Wednesday. Although Iraqi leaders and the United States are pushing for elections to be held as planned, signs of open campaigning are few, with preparations for the vote clouded by threats of boycotts and continuing violence in parts of Iraq. "We feel very disappointed that the participation of the U.N. employees is not up to the required level and there is a limited number of officials, and we are at the end of October," said the foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari.

A few hours later in New York, the United Nations announced that 130 Fijian soldiers would go to Baghdad to replace the troops protecting the small United Nations contingent now in place. The United Nations portrayed the move as possibly allowing it to increase its presence in Iraq but made no commitment to do so.
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#4  They know the UN was the one who gave Saddam the sand to put in the vaseline.

"And out of the night came a terrible scream! Who put sand in the Vaseline?"
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-10-21 1:35:43 PM  

#3  Are they sure they want the UN to help?

The UN can't even buy the right ink; how are they supposed to properly run a whole election?
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-10-21 12:08:18 PM  

#2  Sand? I thought is was glass OldSpook?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-10-21 3:31:39 AM  

#1  No love lost in Iraq for the UN by any of the factions there. They know the UN was the one who gave Saddam the sand to put in the vaseline.
Posted by: OIdSpook   2004-10-21 3:02:13 AM  

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