How does Dubya plan to hold these "elections" with no election workers? Yahoo News [article no longer posted]: BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three militant groups
December 30, 2004

How does Dubya plan to hold these "elections" with no election workers? Yahoo News [article no longer posted]:

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Three militant groups warned Iraqis against voting in Jan. 30 elections, saying Thursday that people participating in the "dirty farce" risked attack. All 700 employees of the electoral commission in Mosul reportedly resigned after being threatened. If true, the move will severely hamper efforts to prepare for the vote in Mosul, which has been too dangerous for most work to even begin though the vote is now only a month away....

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