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Iraq |
Iraq government urges voters to stand firm vs militants |
2005-10-10 |
![]() Chief government spokesman Laith Kubba on Sunday said the bloody campaign, which has intensified in recent months, should not sway Iraq's hopes of establishing a new, democratic state. "The people we are confronting are rats, spreading disease and death among the people," Kubba told a news conference. Although the rats are small, the disease they are carrying is harmful and there is no cure except confrontation." Sunni Arab political groups appear to have backed down from earlier threats to boycott the referendum vote, with many urging their followers to turn out and vote against the draft. But Iraq's political landscape makes it unlikely that even a massive Sunni "No" vote would be able to prevent passage of the charter by the Shi'ite majority and its ethnic Kurdish allies. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 latintrap, of course |
Posted by: Shipman 2005-10-10 09:36 |