Who’s playing with fire?

"The election commission last night announced shocking preliminary results of the elections in 11 Iraqi provinces.
The results “after counting 89% of the votes in Baghdad showed that the UIA won 1,403,901 votes, the Accord Front won 451,782 while Allawi’s list won 327,174” said a spokesman of the election commission.

These results when final will grant the UIA many more seats that what was expected, the thing that obviously upset the Accord Front.
Four leaders from the Front are holding a press conference right now in Baghdad and they strongly rejected the announced results. Tariq al-Hashimi and Adnan al-Dulaimi, the two leaders of the Front are asking the election commission to “reconsider these results or redo the election in Baghdad…we ask our supporters to remain calm now but if our demands are not met we will have to make different decision” said al-Hashimi who also accused the UIA of putting pressure on the commission to “manipulate the results for the benefit of UIA…the UIA are playing with fire!”."
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Well I warned you all back after the referendum, that if they were allowed to cheat that they would just do it again in the general elections. I for one don't blame the Iraqi's, they just don't know any better, the fear of loss and the greed for power are powerful motivations that affect us all. It's this administration that's to blame, thier total disregard for the rule of law, and their apparent disinterest in holding verifiable elections set the stage. Of course the Sunni parties come off as fools calling for international observers now, when they have been cutting off the heads of any foreign NGO's and ambassadors they could get their hands on. I guess will still have to wait an see how this plays out in the end, maybe we're jumping to conclusions, and in the end the final results will look better and more balanced. Cross you fingers.