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A Brief Guide to the Iraqi Elections
1. Iraqis are voting not for a party or an individual but for a list.
2. Iraqi people have no opportunity to elect their president or prime minister.
3. None of the elected members of the National Assembly will represent a locality.
4. Large areas of the country are not expected to be able to vote.
5. The rules for polling and who can or can't be a candidate were set, essentially, by the US.
6. Expat voters are expected to decide the result.
7. Certain parties and individuals have also been funded by the US.
8. Whoever wins, the occupation will go on.
9. The new government is already bound.
10. Iraq has no free press.
11. The Iraqi people fought for this election.
A Brief Guide to the Iraqi Elections