Re: BUSH'S HAND-PICKED IRAQI "COUNCIL" **OPPOSES** DIRECT ELECTIONS.

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Economic Democracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>DEMOCRACY IS BUSH'S GOAL ONLY SO LONG AS THE 'RIGHT' FOLKS WIN -ED
>
>Iraq Council Members Against Direct Election
>
>In Iraq, the Washington Post is reporting that a majority of Iraq's
>U.S.-appointed Governing Council is rejecting a call by a leading
>Shiite cleric for direct elections.

Why should Iraq have a better democracy than, say, Florida?


>Instead the council is favoring
>the U.S. plan that would see a provisional government be elected
>through regional caucuses.

I wonder if Diebold will be counting the votes.


>[more to the point, why do they oppose direct elections? These
>hand-picked 'rulers' of iraq, installed by force of the barrel
>of a gun by Bush..? -ED)

This "governing council" appears to be led by Howdy al-Doody.


>http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/02/1537209


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