Friday, December 23, 2005

Oh Yeah...This is Progress in Iraq/Afghanistan

1) In Afghanistan, it is so refreshing to see that democracy is allowing the freedom of the press... via the WAPost: "An Afghan journalist who was recently sentenced to 2 yrs in prison for publishing controversial magazine articles about Islam, women's rights and the Afghan justice system will be released from jail later this wk, officials said. Before gaining his freedom, however, Ali Mohaqeq Nasab had to confront an agonizing choice: formally apologize for what he had published or risk being sent to the gallows after refusing for 3 months to retract his comments. His "heinous crimes"? He printed stories that asserted women should be given status equal to men in crt, questioned the use of physical punishments for crimes and suggested converts from Islam should not face execution. 2) In Iraq, a coalition of more than 60 political parties threatened to boycott Iraq's next parliament and warned of a surge in violence if new nationwide elections were not held b/c they said that the elections were fraudulent. more than 1,500 complaints have been made, including 39 deemed serious enough to affect results, election officials have said. Oh yeh, freedom is sooo on the march when jrnalists are nearly hanged & Dieboldesque fraud happens.
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