Comments on: The elections in Iraq http://www.winstanleys.org/2005/02/iraq-elections/ A London-based journalist who takes sides, specialising in Palestine Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: asa http://www.winstanleys.org/2005/02/iraq-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-448 asa Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:02:48 +0000 http://www.winstanleys.org/archive/iraq-elections/#comment-448 Another follow-up article worth reading is <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,5673,1436988,00.html" rel="nofollow">this Naomi Klein piece</a> which mentions a possibily key way in which the US is going to maintain control of Iraq after the new government has come in: <blockquote> "Terrified at the prospect of an Iraq ruled by the majority of Iraqis, the former chief US envoy, Paul Bremer, wrote election rules that gave the US-friendly Kurds 27% of the seats in the national assembly, even though they make up just 15% of the population. "Skewing matters further, the US-authored interim constitution requires that all major decisions have the support of two-thirds or, in some cases, three-quarters of the assembly - an absurdly high figure that gives the Kurds the power to block any call for foreign troop withdrawal, any attempt to roll back Bremer's economic orders, and any part of a new constitution." </blockquote> Another follow-up article worth reading is this Naomi Klein piece which mentions a possibily key way in which the US is going to maintain control of Iraq after the new government has come in:

“Terrified at the prospect of an Iraq ruled by the majority of Iraqis, the former chief US envoy, Paul Bremer, wrote election rules that gave the US-friendly Kurds 27% of the seats in the national assembly, even though they make up just 15% of the population.

“Skewing matters further, the US-authored interim constitution requires that all major decisions have the support of two-thirds or, in some cases, three-quarters of the assembly – an absurdly high figure that gives the Kurds the power to block any call for foreign troop withdrawal, any attempt to roll back Bremer’s economic orders, and any part of a new constitution.”

]]> By: asa http://www.winstanleys.org/2005/02/iraq-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-429 asa Mon, 07 Mar 2005 20:54:33 +0000 http://www.winstanleys.org/archive/iraq-elections/#comment-429 Highly relevant to the this post, and well worth reading is <a href="http://electroniciraq.net/news/1836.shtml" rel="nofollow">Jo Wilding's Guide to the Iraqi Elections</a>. Highly relevant to the this post, and well worth reading is Jo Wilding’s Guide to the Iraqi Elections.

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