Monday, January 10, 2005
Countdown to the Iraqi elections
Things aren't looking pretty . . .
Nine U.S. soldiers were killed in Iraq Thursday, the highest single-day death toll for the military since the December suicide bombing at a Mosul mess tent.
In another significant blow to Iraq's upcoming elections, the entire 13-member electoral commission in the volatile province of Anbar, west of the capital, resigned after being threatened by insurgents, a regional newspaper reported Sunday.
Gunmen killed Baghdad's deputy police chief in the middle of rush hour Monday morning, the latest in a spate of high-profile assassinations in advance of Iraq's scheduled Jan. 30 election.
But President "Everything's Coming Up Roses" Bush is looking on the bright side:
President Bush expressed optimism Friday about Iraq's upcoming elections, saying they will be "an incredibly hopeful experience," despite rising violence.
Yeah, like they hope they don't die on the way to the voting booth. And they hope the country doesn't self-destruct before then. And they hope the Bush administration would just go away and stop making things worse.
posted by chris at 1:37 PM
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