Friday, December 31, 2004
Democracy on the March
It seems that the march towards democracy has hit yet another bump in the road. Aljazeera reports that, "The entire staff of Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission in the northern city of Mosul, amounting to about 700 emplo-yees, have resigned amid growing violence in the country." So with international obsevers staying in Jordan to "observe" the elections and no staff in Mosul it is unclear what kind of elections will be held and what kind of legitmacy any government arising from them will have. The same Aljazeera story that reports on the resignations in Mosul also contains a laundry list of attacks across Iraq. January is shaping up to be a very grim month indeed.
It seems that the march towards democracy has hit yet another bump in the road. Aljazeera reports that, "The entire staff of Iraq's Independent Electoral Commission in the northern city of Mosul, amounting to about 700 emplo-yees, have resigned amid growing violence in the country." So with international obsevers staying in Jordan to "observe" the elections and no staff in Mosul it is unclear what kind of elections will be held and what kind of legitmacy any government arising from them will have. The same Aljazeera story that reports on the resignations in Mosul also contains a laundry list of attacks across Iraq. January is shaping up to be a very grim month indeed.