”I went to the voting centre and gave my name and district where I lived to a man,” said Wassif Hamsa, a 32-year-old journalist who lives in the predominantly Shia area Janila in Baghdad. ”This man then sent me to the person who distributed my monthly food ration.”
Many Iraqis had expressed fears before the election that their monthly food rations would be cut if they did not vote. They said they had to sign voter registration forms in order to pick up their food supplies.
Their experiences on the day of polling have underscored many of their concerns about questionable methods used by the U.S.-backed Iraqi interim government to increase voter turnout.
Just days before the election, 52 year-old Amin Hajar who owns an auto garage in central Baghdad had said: ”I’ll vote because I can’t afford to have my food ration cut…if that happened, me and my family would starve to death.”
Oiy Daisy You awake early in the morning, usually I get to see your hate filled message close to afternoon. What happened could'nt sleep because of great success in Iraq? It's OK brother the democracy is coming to a theatre near you. Hang in there and then you will be able to taste true democracy like AS and myself have tasted in U.S.
AS: What did the U.S army cook for these voters dont tell me it was pork?
Verizon, I would not be surprised if they cooked pork for these voters. They have a long history of doing such acts. Do you remember British Army forced Muslim soldiers of India to bite on bullets that were smeared in pig fat?
Maddy wrote"and you guys are the aulad of those brave soldiers. It shows."
Maddy you need to read some history. Those Muslims soldiers refused to use the ammunition, and as a consequence were shackled in chains and imprisoned. That incident resulted in the struggle for independence. Have you ever heard of First War of Independence (1857)???
I thought the first war of independence was fought in 1971.
OK yaar, same difference. Those guys were yesterday as their descendants are today. It doesn’t really matter. Let’s talk about Iraq and leave 1857 in behind.
^^ Thats equivalent to desertion, I am glad that British were kind enough to shackle them and not kill them, or using Madhanee's explanation we may not be chatting today.
Vote and you will be fed don't vote we take away your tiny monthly rations more like a dictatorship than free choice!
Nice democrohypocrisy these amerikkkan terrrorists implement and this in an occupied country where all the candidates are hand picked and linked to the current puppet mafia in Iraq!
Sorry, I couldn’t find anything related to “cracy” there. The only thing I could find was reference to “Municipal” elections… Is that what you were referring to for “democracy”?
I can understand the concept of election is quite hard initially living and being brought up in a repressive society. But give it some time and Allah acha karsi(God will help). You will see what the article was talking about in terms of democracy and elections.
