Allawi Addresses Massive Crowd of 601, al-Mutlak as Sarah Palin…………
“Hundreds of Iraqi voters - around 600 or 700 by our estimates - turned out on Wednesday to hear Iyad Allawi, head of the opposition Iraqiya coalition, speak. On the once-sealed Zeitoun street, in Baghdad’s Mansour district, Iyad Allawi, the head of the opposition Iraqiya coalition, addressed one of the biggest gatherings in the run-up to the March 7 vote. On the once-sealed Zeitoun street, in Baghdad’s Mansour district, one of the biggest gatherings anyone we were with could remember, was under way. Hundreds of Iraqi voters - around 600 or 700 by our estimates - turned out on Wednesday to hear Iyad Allawi, head of the opposition Iraqiya coalition, speak. “We promise to change everything,” he told supporters gathered just outside his place of residence in the Iraqi capital……. Allawi’s message evidently resonated with those at the rally, who told us they were voting for Iraqiya and Allawi because the government - that of Nouri al-Maliki - had not done enough for them……… By the time we were done, 20-30 minutes later, there were few indications that a stage had ever been there, just a few rally stragglers, some of whom were clearly awaiting handouts…………”
Aljazeera is being honest; a Saudi media outlet would claim that thousands attended his rally. Allawi sounds worse than a John McCain rally without the presence of Sarah Palin (October 2008): everybody leaves once she is done. I suggest he get al-Mutlak to his rallies as his Sarah Palin (but not necessarily al-Mutlak in drag).
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