[ninty]

I’m not arguing just for the sake of arguing, but are there any sources out there that say the power is up and running? I watched a program on PBS I believe and I think it was on the 10th mountain, although I can’t exactly remember. I remember those guys going around town and asking the locals how things were going and the markets where people sell various items weren’t up and running. Many people had nothing to sell and nothing to do. At the end of the show something like 6 months later, the market still wasn’t up. I think there are major problems in Iraq. Many more problems than before unfortunately.

Also about the voting, don’t you think that was kid of a sham? There were somewhere around 200 parties on the list, and the people voting didn’t even know who they were voting for because no ones name was on the ballot and no pre election campaigning was done because people were afraid they’d be killed. People voted on a group. These groups were divided into sections like Shiite, Kurdish etc. So whoever has the most people in the country wins basically. In addition, they talk about how 58% of people voted. But I believe this number is of those who actually registered to vote. There were many millions of people who never registered to vote, and thus are not included in this percentage. I will look for the sources when I get home.

The most dangerous road in the world is now the road from the Baghdad airport. In Iraq I really believe there are more negatives than positives.