Ein US-amerikanisches Politikinstitut kritisiert den Ablauf der irakischen Parlamentswahl.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/21/21594/1.html

Robert Dreyfus writes that although we will not know the Iraqi government’s final tally for a few weeks, that won’t stop President Bush from declaring the elections a victory for democracy. Yet such a statement does democracy a major disservice, for democracy is much more than an election. Democracy can only be the outgrowth of an earnest national consensus — a consensus that Bush, for some unknown reason, has done everything possible to avoid building.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/121605M.shtml

While the Sunni outpouring was viewed as a long hoped-for victory for the Bush administration, an overwhelming number of Sunnis made clear that they were drawn to the polls by their dislike of the US occupation and Iraq's US-supported, Shiite-led transitional government.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/121605L.shtml

"The long run in this war is going to require a change of governments in parts of the world."

By Lucinda Marshall

George's face was eerily matter-of-fact as he said it. "30,000 Iraqis more or less" have been killed so far in the 'War on Terror'. No remorse or sadness, he seemed wholly unaffected in any way by the enormity of such a loss of life, let alone that he might bear some responsibility for it happening.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11311.htm

Jonathan H. Marks: An "assessment" report of detainee medical activities made public by the Army Surgeon General in July raised more questions than it answered. What did the seventy-four medical personnel - in Iraq alone - who admitted witnessing interrogations actually see?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/121405C.shtml

William Rivers Pitt: This election will be no panacea, despite what the hopefuls think. The worst possible outcome will involve horrific bloodshed and unrest. The best possible outcome will place two notoriously deadly terrorist organizations in charge of Iraq. Was this trip really necessary?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/121405A.shtml

58 per cent of respondents think the U.S. should set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/10214


From Information Clearing House

Predictably, the Bush administration has told the American people that the elections in Iraq tomorrow will be a democratic milestone for both the country and the broader Middle East. The truth is that they will only produce greater conflict between the country’s main religious and ethnic groups.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/dec2005/iraq-d14.shtml


From Information Clearing House

President George W. Bush accepted responsibility for taking the U.S. to war in Iraq based on faulty intelligence while saying the invasion still was justified by the threat posed by Saddam Hussein and international terrorism.

http://tinyurl.com/apucx


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