Thread: Iraq's election result: a divided nation

"Iraq is disintegrating. The first results from the parliamentary election last week show the country is dividing between Shia, Sunni and Kurdish regions.

Religious fundamentalists now have the upper hand. The secular and nationalist candidate backed by the US and Britain was humiliatingly defeated."

"People underestimate how religious Iraq has become," said one Iraqi observer. "Iran is really a secular society with a religious leadership, but Iraq will be a religious society with a religious leadership." Already most girls leaving schools in Baghdad wear headscarves. Women's rights in cases of divorce and inheritance are being eroded.

Just Great! Well done Bush /Blair and the other hangers -on for your great achievement!

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...icle334476.ece

Originally Posted by Mr_Snafu

. . .Ask yourself this: who benefits?

We could ask Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Raytheon, United Technologies, General Electric, Halliburton, Science Applications International Corporation, CSC/Dyncorp, Bechtel, Fluor, MCI, SteveDoring Services of America, Abt Assoc., Inc., Skylink Air and Logistics Support, Inc., International Resources Group, Research Triangle Institute, Creative Associates International....I'm tired of typing. But you get the picture.

Not to mention that 101 page document from the US State Department entitled, " Moving the Iraqi Economy from Recovery to Growth" was the blue print for imposing a regime of low taxes/tariffs, minimal regulation and the quick sale of all Iraqi state enterprises to foreign investors. This plan for liquidating Iraqi infrastructure was in place long before the invasion.

To dougnukem: I really hope something good comes of this b/c the Iraqis really have little or no stake in their own country other than a nominal election or two.