Rice welcomes outside review of Iraq election results

[stop the bleeding]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Iraqi authorities for inviting international monitors to review complaints of fraud in recent parliamentary elections.

"I welcome the invitation of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq to international monitors and experts to observe and review the December 15 elections, including the complaints settlement process," Rice said in a statement.

Rice's comments came after the International Mission for Iraqi Elections announced it was sending a team of independent experts to issue a follow-up report on alleged irregularities in this month's vote.

Sunni representatives have charged the elections were tainted by widespread fraud and led street demonstrations demanding a new election. Iraq's electoral commission has ruled out re-running the election though it suggested it may toss out ballots tainted by fraud.
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12/30/2005 Rice welcomes outside review of Iraq election results-AFP - yahoo.com

[Botany]

1. Fuck you Condi!

In Ohio Blackwell refused to allow international observers into watch the vote.

do they have any shame at all?

[niceypoo]

2. Rice "welcomes" them?

Does she own the Iraqi election? Was she on the ballot?

[madeline_con]

3. Indirectly, yes. :( n/t

[FlemingsGhost]

4. Just keep 'em away from the U.S., eh Condi? (n/t)

Flem.

[C_U_L8R]

5. Isn't it customary that..

observers would be invited BEFORE the election... not AFTER it.
What are they supposed to do ?? Seriously, what can they do
except verify results that are already (quite possibly) messed with??

This stinks of crooked Bush politics.

[stop the bleeding]

6. Yes crooked * politics but there were international observers before

and during the election according to NPR a couple of nights ago.

So I don't know what type of crooked stuff they are trying to pull but they are up to something.