By Ammar al-Alwani
Fri Oct 14,11:08 AM ET
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) – Hours before a crucial referendum on a new constitution, voters in western Iraq, where many are expected to say “No,” were asking themselves a troubling question: where are the polling stations?
“There are no voting centers in cities like Haditha, Hit, Rawa, Qaim, Ana, Baghdadi and the villages around them,” Mahmoud Salman al-Ani, a human rights activist in Ramadi, said on Friday, listing locations across western Anbar province.
“There aren’t actually any voting centers or even voting sheets in these cities … Nobody knows how and where to vote if they decide to,” he said of the predominantly Sunni Arab region.
Headline to come: Passage of new constitution a victory for Bush!