Sparrowhawk
10-16-02, 07:33 PM
The Associated Press has the results of yesterday's Iraqi "referendum" on whether to give Saddam Hussein another seven years in power:
Yes - 11,445,638 (100%)
No - 0 (0%)
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FIREWORKS, SLAUGHTERED SHEEP
Official results from Tuesday's referendum showed that every one of Iraq's 11,445,638 eligible voters turned out to vote "Yes" to another seven-year term for Saddam, some marking their ballot papers in blood.
Fireworks lit the night sky by the Tigris river as small numbers of residents slaughtered sheep, a traditional Arab act of celebration.
The outcome was never in doubt with the voting process tightly controlled by the government and no independent observers or other candidates.
But authorities had urged voters to turn out in force to show massive support for Saddam in the face of U.S. threats of military action and President George W. Bush's policy of "regime change".
"Tell Bush we chose Saddam as our leader forever," said a driver shouting from his car window, honking his horn.
"It is not even worthy of our ridicule, said U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher.
Yes - 11,445,638 (100%)
No - 0 (0%)
http://www.arabnews.com/system/html/cartoon/151002.jpg
FIREWORKS, SLAUGHTERED SHEEP
Official results from Tuesday's referendum showed that every one of Iraq's 11,445,638 eligible voters turned out to vote "Yes" to another seven-year term for Saddam, some marking their ballot papers in blood.
Fireworks lit the night sky by the Tigris river as small numbers of residents slaughtered sheep, a traditional Arab act of celebration.
The outcome was never in doubt with the voting process tightly controlled by the government and no independent observers or other candidates.
But authorities had urged voters to turn out in force to show massive support for Saddam in the face of U.S. threats of military action and President George W. Bush's policy of "regime change".
"Tell Bush we chose Saddam as our leader forever," said a driver shouting from his car window, honking his horn.
"It is not even worthy of our ridicule, said U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher.