Iraq - Vote Rigging Lies

Someone's telling porkies about vote rigging in the latest Iraqi elections.

The Guardian says this:

Suspected polling violations on voting day last week far exceeded the number in Iraq's first election in January, local and international monitors said yesterday.

On the deadline for filing complaints, the number of alleged violations which could swing results in the 275-seat parliament was "well into double figures", an accredited international election observer, who wished to remain anonymous, said.

Ah, those ever present anonymous sources.

Strangely, the Guardian's evil twin, the BBC, sees things exactly opposite and they cite their source.

International observers have praised the organisers of Iraq's parliamentary election, which they said generally met international standards.

A spokesman for the International Mission for Iraqi Elections conceded that there had been minor problems, but said the vote had generally gone well. [...]

"The Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq is to be commended on the way it has performed its role under the difficult circumstances prevailing in Iraq," said Paul Dacey, spokesman for the international observers.

Iraq's staging of major elections in January, October and December would have been a major challenge even for well-established democracies, Mr Dacey said.

Now, which one do you suppose the Kool Aid Kids at Kos reported on? The anonymous sourced Guardian one of course.
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