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| Barghouti complains of election irregularities | |
| 2005-01-10 | |
Mustafa Barghouti, the main rival to Mahmoud Abbas in Sunday's Palestinian elections claimed that voting irregularities had taken place. He said that the ink used in some polling stations to mark voters' thumbnails could be removed. "Two gross violations have been committed during the electoral process," Barghouti told reporters before casting his ballot at a school in Ramallah. A statement issued by his campaign team said that the indelible ink used to ensure that voters cast their ballot only once could be easily washed off. It added that certain polling stations in the Gaza Strip and three in the West Bank had been affected, shedding doubts on the prospect of transparent and fair elections. "I am demanding that the CEC (central elections commission) investigate these violations," said Barghouti who is around 30 points adrift Abbas in most opinion polls.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 He needs more fiber. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2005-01-10 5:49:24 PM |
| #9 There are TWO Bargoutis. Marwan is the Konvicted Killa who is serving time in Israeli jail. He considered running in this election but was convinced (dunno how) to support Abbas instead. He remains in jail. Mustafa was the candidate. He kept getting detained by the Israelis for overstaying his Jerusalem permits while on the campaign trail. EoZ or Gromgorru can get you more information... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-01-10 5:12:14 PM |
| #8 Maybe the Arab Criminal Looney Union (ACLU) will launch an investigation into voter fraud? They are to busy trying to find that one person that waited 10 hours to vote on November 2. Also they are tracking down the Million voter that missed out on the 2000 Florida elections. So far they have contacted a grand total of NADA! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-01-10 4:58:59 PM |
| #7 Where is the reverend, Abu Jesse Jackson Abdul? |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-01-10 12:54:41 PM |
| #6 The fact that Barghouti is running for the Paleo "presidency", yet is sitting in an Israeli prison seems to me to be a bit of an "irregularity" itself.... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-10 10:27:47 AM |
| #5 Mustafa, call Boxer and Tubbs. They take these kind of cases on for a box of Kleenex and some Warhol time. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2005-01-10 9:45:29 AM |
| #4 "guys's"...jeepers! I need caffeine! rushes away to hide from the Grammar Police |
| Posted by: Quana 2005-01-10 8:20:21 AM |
| #3 Spot-on, bro. They're cousins or something, IIRC. Definitely related by blood and, as you point out, more importantly by bloody hands... |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-10 7:40:58 AM |
| #2 Er...I think that is MARWAN Barghouti who is in an Israeli prison. This guys's name is Mustafa...'course they all have blood on their hands... ...still in skool at Rantburg U... |
| Posted by: Quana 2005-01-10 7:35:13 AM |
| #1 Barghouti is a convicted murderer who killed 4 Israeli civilians and a Greek Priest. He is currently in an Israeli jail where he belongs. You can see the facts on a BBC factsheet on the scumbag. |
| Posted by: anon1 2005-01-10 3:35:41 AM |