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From: LindyBill	12/15/2005 5:29:18 AM
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We got our purple fingers!`(Updated) IRAQ THE MODEL Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:30 am Baghdad time (Also available on Pajamas Media). We have noticed on our way to the polling station that the streets are much quieter this time than they were back in January. Of course we did hear a few explosions, probably RPG or mortar fire but nothing compared to the attacks we had last time in number or size….so far at least. The deployment of Iraqi security forces on the streets was heavy with a noticeable absence of American forces except for their presence in the skies; there are many Apache helicopters and jet fighters as well as small surveillance planes al over Baghdad. The number of voting officials, independent observers and political bodies’ representatives is higher than what we saw in January. From what we saw, people feel safer walking to the voting centers this time; many of them were carrying Iraqi flags. There are no cars moving on the streets except for those of the police and army and of course there are children, lots of them playing soccer on the empty streets. Also, tearing posters seems to have been taking place everywhere last night! We have no numbers on turnout levels so far but from what I saw, there was a decent turnout in my neighborhood. In a press conference, the IECI has announced that there are no reports as of now about any direct attacks on voting centers and that a number of lists have been fined for not committing to the exact date and time of “electoral silence”. The names of these lists will be announced later this evening. The IECI has also revealed several measures for preventing election fraud; first of all any ballot box that comes with a suspiciously high result (90%) for any single particular list or candidate will be reconsidered and will be subject to further checking. According to the IECI there are certain codes unique to each ballot box and to the locks used to seal the boxes. So any box that carries a wrong code will be discarded. Some journalists complained from not being allowed to enter some of the centers and the IECI promised to solve this problem. iraqthemodel.blogspot.com

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