LAT/AP: Official: Iraqi Election Results Delayed

[DeepModem Mom]

Official: Iraqi Election Results Delayed
By SAMEER N. YACOUB, Associated Press Writer


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraq's electoral commission won't release final results from last month's election in coming days because the panel is waiting on international monitors to finish investigating fraud complaints, a senior Iraqi election official said Saturday.

"It is impossible to have the final election results this week," Safwat Rashid, a senior member of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq told The Associated Press. He was referring to the Islamic week, which began Friday and ends on Thursday.

A senior official with an international team assessing the results at the request of the IEIC said the group won't issue its own findings for at least another week.

There had been hopes that delays could be overcome and that the final results would be released in the next days.

The leader of the main Sunni Arab Iraqi Accordance Front, however, said waiting for the international team's findings was a logical decision that could boost the credibility of the outcome....


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top11jan14,0,3528916.story

[indypaul]

1. Perhaps W should lend Iraq the

services of a Supreme Court to render any final decisions.
They have shown to be "experts" in that field and certainly
jurisdiction is not a question to them. They would
be only too happy to serve, at least five of them, if you
hurry.

[LynnTheDem]

2. Ain't that the shameful truth.

Unfortunately for us all.

[mcctatas]

3. Iraq gets to have national health care AND investigation into election

fraud claims?! I think bush likes them better! (bombings and torture and death aside).

[HuffleClaw]

4. well, its obvious that the 'results' are NOT what they WANT

or they'd be TRUMPETING about it.