Tuesday, December 21, 2004

IRAQ: ELECTIONS OF FEAR

Independent: A poll governed by fear by Patrick Cockburn

The 30 January election will go ahead, even though violence is unabated and the campaign may worsen divisions

The Iraqi election on 30 January, for which campaigning began last week, will be one of the most secretive in history. Iraqi television shows only the feet of election officials rather than their faces, because they are terrified of their identity being revealed. It will be a poll governed by fear.

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