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Iraq's communications cease for upcoming election

zArk | 03.01.2005 22:19 | Repression | Social Struggles

As the elections draw closer in Iraq the co-alition forces with the Interim government have decided that silence speaks a thousand words.
Up to the end of the elections all communications within Iraq have ceased, they are effectively cut-off from the world and each other. In a country fighting for basic rights there has descended a new method in the fight against ‘Insurgents’, which I call QUARANTINE IRAQ

QUARANTINE IRAQ suggests that the co-alition forces believe that democracy is at risk if Iraqis’ can talk across their country and also communicate with the world.
UK protest groups are worried that this action will inhibit Iraqis’ freedoms and that democracy is being stifled.
The Iraq Solidarity Campaign believe that this move is not a good idea and would like people of the world to support the people of Iraq;

“We would also ask that members of the Iraqi Community also write and make phone calls of protest to their nearest re-opened Iraqi Embassy aswel as to their members of the British Parliament. ”

As the events unfold it seems prudent to mention that Kassim Imhawi, a senior official in Iraq’s Communications Ministry, was gunned down on the 16th December 2004. Al-jazeera reports that officials are constantly targeted by anti-occupation and anti-government rebels and now it seems that the pro-occuption and pro-government groups are shutting down Iraq in favour of freedom and democracy.
While the interim government talks with Washington, London, the UN and localised forces, the entire civilian population is gagged and bound until they have voted-in their new leaders.

 http://www.guerrillanews.com/


This report hasn’t hit any newspaper or media source as far as I can find which tells me that even in the UK, people have had their voices silenced.
Why is this not reported in The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian or Sun? Where are our reporters? Distant voices unheard or distant voices silenced?

 http://iraqsolidaritycampaign.blogspot.com/
hussein al-alak is given big-ups for this
also Tupper, Eepi, Ins and GNN users who helped.

zArk
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Again ?

03.01.2005 22:23

This allegation was made in a previous post and was shown then to be utterly untrue. Why is it being allowed to be repeated ?

A


untrue???????

03.01.2005 22:33


If this is untrue then why is there also talk of a curfew the day before and day after the elections???

If it also untrue then why are most Iraqi people in Baghdad and in different parts of the globe under the impression that it is true and why has no one from the US/UK administration come out and denied it??

annon in Baghdad


Yawn

03.01.2005 23:05

It's untrue because it is not happening now. It was not happening three months ago when the same allegation was made on Urban 75. The USUK spokespeople do not refute every wacky allegation.

A lack of denial is not the same as proof

BBC worker


link????

04.01.2005 00:04

beeb guy can you find that Urban 75 quote about it cause i would like to read it.

thanks

paul


Fart

04.01.2005 14:05

Well, if the BBC says it ain't so, it ain't so! And anybody who says they work for the BBC must know. That's proof! As you can see, I'm a General in the US Marines, so whatever I say is the truth.

US Marine General


True or untrue??

04.01.2005 18:30


If this is untrue, then why has on official, who is connected to one of the main parties on the Interim Government said that it is.

Can any one clarify???

annon in Baghdad


Insurgency Crushed by our Glorious, Democratic, Rainbow Love Soldiers

04.01.2005 20:10

BBC Worker has already been caught out in a naughty little lie in a previous thread

 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/01/303366.html

Iyad Allawi


At least it is now possible to vote in Iraq

05.01.2005 16:54

At least it is now possible to vote in Iraq, unlike when that twisted murderer was in power.

God bless the UK soldiers


you joker

06.01.2005 18:27


Yes you can vote...but you also may get blown up, kidnapped, shot, should i continue????

I thought not and all for a vote

annon