Marian Kechlibar
2009-02-16 02:23:54
7. MarkD: Actually, Saddam’s mother allegedly tried to abort him by ingestion of some traditional medicine, but he survived that, and so got his name “Saddam” (= the tough one). However, this may be just Iraqi street gossip.
32. cedarford: the 2009 provincial elections in Iraq seem to indicate that Iraqis are tired of Sharia and clerics in power. The Iranian protege Hakim was sent to political wilderness and Maliki’s party actually won on a program of non-religious nationalism.
In Pakistan, the hardliners never got more than 12% of the vote, and in the last elections, about 4%. True enough, some of their voters boycotted the elections.
I wonder how would a really free elections turn up in Iran.
