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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (133219)5/17/2004 12:59:14 AM
From: Sam  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Nadine,
Free elections are being held for town councils throughout the south of Iraq, and they are electing secular parties, not religious parties.
Sorry, I haven't seen these reports. Can you post a couple of links?

tia...



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (133219)5/17/2004 7:34:56 AM
From: KyrosL  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The bloggers are much better indications of what's going to happen

Do you think that Internet-savvy english-speaking Iraqis are representative of the Iraqi masses?



To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (133219)5/17/2004 10:39:40 AM
From: Lou Weed  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
<<The bloggers are much better indications of what's going to happen than the papers have been.>>

Yeah, if they're saying what you want to hear! What are Palestinian bloggers telling you about Israeli policies in the occupied territories??

MON.