Bodies of four Iraqis found on roadside

[leftchick]

The bodies of four Iraqis employed by a foreign contractor have been discovered, and mortars pounded a police station outside Baghdad's Green Zone, underscoring the threat of violence on the country's election day at the end of the month.

The bullet-riddled corpses of four Iraqis working with a foreign company were discovered near Kut south of Baghdad, drawing attention once again to the high level of power exercised by rebels across central Iraq.

The dead were identified as an Iraqi businessman and three of his workers who had been threatened for working with a foreeign company, police said.

The bodies were dumped near the town of Al-Suweira where insurgents have set up checkpoints and carried out attacks, about 60 kilometres south of Baghdad, in a region with a mix of Shiites and Sunni Arabs.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1282580.htm

[UL_Approved]

1. A quote:

"A senior American official told AFP that sections of western and northern Baghdad, including the Sunni Muslim Adhamiya district, would probably have low turnout due to insurgent threats.

Voter registration forms were not even handed out in some sections of Baghdad, the official added."

Great plan. Not registering all voters. More of that American democracy (literally).

[NYC]

2. I read that last night --

about voter registration. How can anyone pretend this is a fair election?

[pinniped]

3. Don't worry, after the (s)election all the violence will cease.

Ya right.

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. What will be the "run up" to after this "election" ?

What will be the reason given for the increase in violence?