Voters in Kurdistan in northern Iraq go to the polls on Saturday in a double election, to choose a new parliament and a president for their autonomous region.The elections have been the most vibrant and exciting since 1992, when the Kurds held their first-ever free polls after winning de facto autonomy.That first election saw a massive turnout, with huge crowds of Kurds besieging the polling stations until after midnight, thrilled by the novelty of choosing their own leaders by ballot.
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نسرین ستوده: زندانی روز | Dec 04 | |
Saeed Malekpour: Prisoner of the day | Lawyer says death sentence suspended | Dec 03 |
Majid Tavakoli: Prisoner of the day | Iterview with mother | Dec 02 |
احسان نراقی: جامعه شناس و نویسنده ۱۳۰۵-۱۳۹۱ | Dec 02 | |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Prisoner of the day | 46 days on hunger strike | Dec 01 |
Nasrin Sotoudeh: Graffiti | In Barcelona | Nov 30 |
گوهر عشقی: مادر ستار بهشتی | Nov 30 | |
Abdollah Momeni: Prisoner of the day | Activist denied leave and family visits for 1.5 years | Nov 30 |
محمد کلالی: یکی از حمله کنندگان به سفارت ایران در برلین | Nov 29 | |
Habibollah Golparipour: Prisoner of the day | Kurdish Activist on Death Row | Nov 28 |
The only reason why there's a veneer of Democracy in Iraq is...
by Ostaad on Sat Jul 25, 2009 03:15 PM PDTbecause Siatani adamantly rejected Paul Bremer's (remember the viceroy of Iraq) plan to create "caucuses" in Iraq composed of ethnic/sectarian "candidates" vetted by him instead of direct participation. Basically he was advocating a US-installed Shoraayeh Negahbaan for Iraq that would select the candidates for the Iraqi people!
If democracy was
by Shah Ghollam on Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:11 AM PDTjust an injection away, then yes, the Kurds, the Egyptions, The Iraqis, The Jordanians, the Kuwaitis and so on are all democrates living in their respective Democratic countries..........at least as far as the US stamp of approval is concerned!