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Aljazeera:

Constitution has been approved, the ‘independent electoral commission’ said, as it announced the final results of this month’s landmark referendum.

I liked the word ‘independent‘… Independent under occupation, aren’t they?

Anyway, as the Independent Commission for Iraqi Elections proclaimed a few hours ago, only 2 provinces (Anbar & Diyala) rejected the draft with more than 2/3 of a �No� vote.

The referendum�s most important data:

Yes: 78.59% No: 21.41% No � 63% participation, 135 complaints

Anbar: over 95% No
Salah al-Din: over 81.75% No
Niniveh: 55.08% No

Will the occupiers and their terrorist groups turn all put down their guns and start planting daisies now? No, but this is a significant milestone in the history of the region. Will this magically transform Iraq into a functioning democracy? No, specially that it is very clear the Sunni Arabs rejected it.

We have to keep in mind that results showed that Sunni Arabs, who had sharply opposed the draft document, failed to produce the three-quarters �no� vote they would have needed in at least three of Iraq�s 18 provinces to defeat it. Some Sunni leaders rejected the results. Sunni politicians allege that some �yes� areas had more votes than registered voters.

In the heavily Sunni areas of western Anbar and central Salahuddin, initial counts show the vote over passing the constitution is �no�. But initial counts from two provinces where there is also a Sunni majority � Ninevah and Diyala � was an overwhelming (70 per cent) �yes� � a result that has stirred up accusations of fraud. Now the results are changed!!!!

A prominent Sunni Arab politician claimed Diyala in particular had seen vote rigging. He said that there were an extra 3,000 more ballot papers than the actual number of people registered to vote.

Bottom line, we can say that the whole operation witnessed interference from government forces.

Now Iraq�s Shiite and Kurdish leaders are hoping the charter will unite the country, where Sunni will be accused and shown as being terrorists and will wage a campaign of suicide bombings and shootings in a bid to topple the U.S.-backed government.

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