Iraq sealed off its land borders for three days, shut down its international airport and imposed strict curfews ahead of the elections Sunday, even as radicals stepped up attacks against US and Iraqi security forces. The Al Qaeda outfit in Iraq led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi warned Iraqis that they could get killed if they approach polling stations, "the centers of atheism and of vice."
Just ahead of the first free balloting in Iraq in half a century, the country began battening down for the vote. A 7 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew began yesterday and will stay in effect through Monday. Baghdad International Airport was closed, effective last night, and the nation's borders will be sealed for the election period. Medical teams are on alert, and nationwide restrictions on traffic will be imposed from today to Monday to try to deter car bombs.
Iraq, the country, shut down the borders. Since we all know that the only force capable of doing this, the only power who makes all decisions in Iraq, is the US, why aren't these reporters telling the truth. WELL, isn't it obvious. They don't want the truth to be told. They, the US government, does not want what really is happening described. The use of "the country" makes it seem as if there is some sovereign iraqi authority, when of course there is none. We, the entire world's literate population, are being told we are so stupid we don't deserve to be told the truth.
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