Summary
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Hejaz Hazim, a computer engineer who could not find a job in computers and now cleans clothes, slammed his iron into a dress shirt the other day and let off a burst of steam about the coming election.
"This election is bogus," Hazim said. "There is no drinking water in this city. There is no security. Why should I vote?"See the full content of this document
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Iraq Divided Over Value of Election
Across town in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, a grocer called Abu Allah stood behind his pyramids of fruit and said that no matter what, he was going to the polls.
"Even if there's a bomb in my polling place," he said, "I will go in it."If Iraq was ever a divided country, it is especially divided now.With Iraq's crucial election coming up one week from today, on Jan. 30, people here still h...See the full content of this document
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