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Blogs Liberty and Power Helping the "Free" Election in Iraq

Sep 28, 2004

Helping the "Free" Election in Iraq

by Liberty and Power

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Dem., CA) exposed the latest CIA plan to"help" the"free" elections in Iraq. Condi Rice was not pleased. Bottom Line: in a scaled back effort, we will continue to"run a number of overt programs to support the democratic electoral process," and as Time notes,"as the U.S. does around the world."

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1101041004-702122,00.html

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M.D. Fulwiler - 9/28/2004

Sounds like they are moving toward a variation of the old Soviet system where you were "free" to vote for anyone as long as they were approved by the state.