Iraqi Elections: a cynical deception:

"The imperialists complain loudly of "a bloody campaign to disrupt Iraq's upcoming parliamentary elections". But they conveniently forget that these "elections" are being held in a country that is forcibly occupied by foreign armies. The real power in Iraq is neither the present puppet Allawi administration nor any hypothetical government that may emerge out of these so-called elections. It is the US army and its masters in Washington. As long as Iraq remains under the American jackboot, all talk of elections and democracy will remain a fraud and a sham."