BBC: Arab press pessimism over Iraq elections

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4208603.stm

Press commentators across the Arab world reveal a sense of foreboding as the elections in Iraq fast approach.

Most see the presence of coalition forces and US pressure to hold the elections as undermining the whole process. In marked contrast, one Iraqi paper views the election in a positive light.


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Horror, blood and elections - The Iraq elections, with only four more days to go, should have been a national occasion filled with joy, optimism and national gratification.

Editorial in United Arab Emirates' Al-Bayan


Re-electing Bush in Iraq - Any Iraqi voter who casts his vote will be giving it to the US president and will be giving the occupation the legitimacy it has been searching for. The candidates are competing to win votes which have already been counted and decided. As for America, it does not care who wins. The elections are a solution. However, they are not a solution for the Iraqi problem but for the USA.

Editorial in Libya's Al-Shams

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1. You know things are bad

when a Libyan newspaper makes more sense than your own president

[leftchick]

2. very true....

all of these editorials quoted make the chimp* look like a chump.