Given that DEBKAfile not been all that reliable, I don't place a lot of credulence in their reports.
larry On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:20:19 -0800, Rob Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is some goofy reporting in that story. They make a lot of estimates > about turnout but they fail to describe how they came by their numbers. > Listen to this: "In Basra, Iraq's second largest town, the turnout was > 32-35%, although Iraqi election officials claimed 90%." > > But they never describe how Iraqi officials determined the 90% figure or how > they came up with their much lower figures. Here is the sole reference to > their sourcing for this information: > > "DEBKAfile's Iraq experts reveal that, while the turnout is officially > estimated at 60%, the real figure will probably turn out to be quite a bit > lower, no more than 40-45% - in itself an exceptional feat." Who are their > experts? What are their qualifications? Where did they get their data from? > Don't tell me- these guys called a book house in London to come up with the > numbers. > > The truth is no one really knows how many ballots were cast. The U.N. had a > limited presence on the ground because of fears over violence, the U.S. > military stayed in the background, and no one else has the manpower in > country to figure this stuff out except the Iraqis themselves, and they > don't have the infrastructure in place to communicate the results that > quickly. > > Maybe these folks are right, but they need to step up and act like real > journalists by disclosing their methodologies and experts. Do they have an > agenda behind the report? I'm not making an accusation, I'm asking a > question. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <cf-community@houseoffusion.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: The Polls have closed in Iraq > > > Another view of the elections, the truth of which will be questioned: > > http://debka.com/article.php?aid=974 > > > > >I hope a democratic government is elected. In respect for this moment > > > I will not ask if Diebold machines were used. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145480 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
