Election Commission Claims Only a 55% "No" Vote in Ninevah

As expected, the Iraqi Election Commission settled in on a final tally for Ninevah at 55% "no."

Given all the fluctutations and delays, prominent Sunnis, even moderate ones who participated in drafting the Constitution and who called on Sunnis to participate in the vote, are calling the vote a "farce" and voicing suspicions of fraud.

All this has simply served to strenthen the insurgency and especially the credibility of the extermists who warned against a fair vote.