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| Iraq |
| Dawlat al-Qanoon coalition dominates 9 of 14 provinces |
| 2009-02-06 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Dawlat al-Qanoon (State of Law) coalition dominated the results of the local council elections in nine out of 14 Iraqi provinces, according to Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission. "Dawlat al-Qanoon garnered 38% of the votes in Baghdad, 37% in Basra, 23.1% in Thi-Qar, 23.1% in al-Qadissiya, 15.3% in Wassit, 16.2% in Najaf, 17.7% in Missan, 10.9% in Muthanna and 12.5% in Babel," the IHEC said in a statement announcing the results of the provincial council elections on Thursday (Feb. 5). "Maliki's coalition also ranked 3rd in Kabral with 8.5% of the votes, 5th in Diala with 5% and achieved insignificant results in the provinces of al-Anbar, Salah al-Din and Ninewa," the IHEC said. The results should allow the coalition to enter into alliances to form provincial councils, which was expected based on the initial results announced by independent observers and organizations. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 As if a nation can't be independent if a furrinner kills someone. I'm pretty sure the US was independent while a bunch of Saudis were killing 3,000 of us. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2009-02-06 19:36 |
| #7 You may enter thru the stables but please move quickly, the animals don't like the smell |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-02-06 19:30 |
| #6 Let's treat them well, after all they are guests of Greater Ranburg. You may enter thru the stables and try not to annoy the staff. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-02-06 17:53 |
| #5 Today we are .... 'graced' is perhaps not quite the word I'm looking for .... by visitors from a number of closely related IP addresses, tw. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-02-06 15:51 |
| #4 Oh ouch, lotp. But perhaps Ms. Fiona stamboli is a friend of Mr. Midoman's, equally determined to demonstrate to us Westerners her knowledge and insight about the issues of the day... or is it the same IP address displayed by Mr. Midoman's computer? No worries; Ms. Stamboli clearly will take just as "not that long" as poor Mr. Midoman did. Hopefully she is clever enough to learn from the experience. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-02-06 13:02 |
| #3 January: 191 Iraqis killed by terrorists. 29 terrorists killed. In the lowest death toll since five years, Iraq Defense, Interior and Health Ministries reported that a total of 191 Iraqis were killed including 140 civilians, 27 soldiers and 24 policemen due to violence marked in January 2009. Meanwhile, 300 civilians, 71 policemen and 35 soldiers were wounded. On the other hand, Iraqi Forces and international coalition troops killed in one month 29 terrorists and arrested 482 others. Details here. It's a new day, but you're still full of crap, Midoman. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2009-02-06 11:31 |
| #2 Curiously, the Iraqis themselves think they are independent and even keep acting that way. And here our silly Moroccan commenter asserts that the Iraqis are stupid and ignorant, unable to tell for themselves if they are free. He should take his north African dialect of Arabic, polish it up for use in the Gulf and go tell this to the Iraqis themselves. The evidence is great that most of them would laugh scornfully at his childishness, as they have done in response to similar claims on many Arabic language websites. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-02-06 11:17 |
| #1 "..according to Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission." Dawlat qanoun dial zabbi! You keep talking about independance of Iraq while US servicemen are still killing people there! |
| Posted by: Fiona stamboli 2009-02-06 10:49 |