2/3 of Iraqi provinces have 90%+ yes vote in referendum
<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/international/middleeast/18iraq.html?ei=5094&en=d7956d9a5be07412&hp=&ex=1129694400&adxnnl=1&partner=homepage&adxnnlx=1129630034-9NTVhbOKywz235tD6tNQGw">www.nytimes.com/2005/10/1...35tD6tNQGw</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"By DEXTER FILKINS and ROBERT F. WORTH<br>Published: October 18, 2005<br><br>BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 17 - Iraqi election officials said Monday that they were investigating "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, where as many as 99 percent of the voters were reported to have cast ballots in favor of Iraq's new constitution. The investigation raised the possibility that the results of the referendum could be called into question.<br>~snip~<br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>It is difficult to imagine why any Shiite or Kurdish political leaders would resort to fraud. Together the two groups make up about 80 percent of Iraq's population.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>None of the provinces cited for a closer look had Sunni majorities, the official said, although there were reports of similarly lopsided votes against the constitution in some Sunni areas. There are 3 Sunni majority provinces, of a total of 18."<br><br>in 12 out of 18 provinces more than 90% voted for the new constitution??<br>The sheer stupidity of this boggles my mind,i cant imagine this vote having any credibility other than on fox news <p></p><i></i>