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2010-01-24 Iraq

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Posted by Fred 2010-01-24 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1733 views ] Top
File under: Iraqi Baath Party

1 Just ain't gonna happen. The Biden backs the election ban on Iraq's Baath party.

No go, states The Biden

Posted by Sherry 2010-01-24 01:08|| 2010-01-24 01:08|| Front Page Top

2 The Shis pushed Sunnis out of Baghdad. Sunnis are nearly powerless.

Posted by Thilet Poodle4597 2010-01-24 08:04|| 2010-01-24 08:04|| Front Page Top

3 But they still exist, have powerful foreign friends, are nursing grudges and represent an opportunity for Iran to stir the coals.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-01-24 08:18|| 2010-01-24 08:18|| Front Page Top

4 That's certainly true, but they don't have the muscle for a coup. The Shi'a are well armed this time around, they have the loyalty of most of the army, and if necessary they can call on us to intervene.

Posted by Steve White 2010-01-24 11:23|| 2010-01-24 11:23|| Front Page Top

5 The Iranians are agitating here for people to cast their votes for the Iranian aligned Shiite parties. Remember that the source of this story is the Iranian propaganda outlet (I have no idea why so many stories from that source appear here, sometimes several per day).

This story is just Iranian meddling in Iraqi politics.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-01-24 14:22|| 2010-01-24 14:22|| Front Page Top

6 This is simply disinformation to give cover to banning an entire list of candidates. Rahmbo would be proud.

Posted by Albert Ebbager8936 2010-01-24 18:33|| 2010-01-24 18:33|| Front Page Top

7 crosspatach - Fred's reason for posting so many OpFor-country-news sources is to bring the news as it's seen by the rustics and foreigners. We could link to Drudge, but you can do that yourself. An important view is "what does Ahmed in Iran hear"?

Posted by Frank G 2010-01-24 18:46|| 2010-01-24 18:46|| Front Page Top

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