The charter – hammered out after months of bitter negotiations – is supported Amid security concerns, Iraqis were hunkered down for most of the day in So let us see if we have the picture correct. The people And we expect them to vote in what we are calling an Once we finally root out the terrorists, kill all of from the BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Insurgents sabotaged power lines Friday, plunging the capital into darkness and cutting off water supplies on the eve of a landmark vote on a constitution that would define democracy in Iraq. The charter – hammered out … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/irakdark.jpg\")
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP<\/a>) – Insurgents sabotaged power lines
\n Friday, plunging the capital into darkness and cutting off water supplies
\n on the eve of a landmark vote on a constitution that would define democracy
\n in Iraq.<\/p>\n
\n by a Shiite-Kurdish majority but has split Sunni Arab ranks after last-minute
\n amendments designed to win support among the disaffected minority.<\/p>\n
\n their homes, with the streets of the Iraqi capital almost empty hours before
\n a 10 p.m. curfew and the country sealed off from the outside world as borders
\n and airports were closed for Saturday’s referendum.<\/p>\n
\n we liberated, the opressed Iraqis we are introducing to democracy, and
\n who we expect to vote tomorrow, are sitting in the dark, no running water,
\n pretty much in the same situation as the deluded fools who tried to ride
\n out the hurricane in New Orleans, except that for these families the
\n streets outside are full of heavily armed teenagers in US military uniforms
\n with automatic
\n weapons
\n and
\n hairtrigger nerves wired on brand new designer CNS stimulants and good
\n old adreneline. The borders are closed, the schools are closed, the businesses
\n are closed, there is a curfew in the city.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n authentic democratic process? And we expect them to approve of the process
\n we are imposing on an unwilling and alien nation? And this is the grand
\n election we are pinning our hope on? This is the first step on the road
\n to an independent and open Iraq? <\/em><\/p>\n
\n the foreign fighters, subdue the unruly militias and overcome resistence
\n to a peaceful, Democratic Iraq, will there be any Iraqis left alive to
\n enjoy the results?<\/em><\/p>\n
\n Associated Press<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"