French Foreign Minister praises the will of Iraqi people in recentelection and cites their "struggle for democracy" .

French Foreign Minister praises the will of Iraqi people in recent
election and cites their "struggle for democracy" .


Received Sunday, 7 March 2010 17:01:58 GMT
PARIS, March 7, 2010 (AFP) - "French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner
praised Iraqi voters who courageously went to the polls on Sunday
despite a new wave of attacks that left nearly 40 dead.
"This bears testimony to the will of the Iraqi people to move
beyond the ordeals of the past, to reject terrorism and shows their
determination to build a democratic Iraq that looks to the future,"
said Kouchner in a statement.
"I pay tribute to the courage of the Iraqi voters. Today, they
have voted for their future and that of their children."
Iraq's second parliamentary election since the 2003 US invasion
was marred by rocket, mortar and bomb attacks in several Iraqi cities
that left 38 dead, according to Iraqi officials.
Kouchner said France and its European partners "will be at the
Iraqis' side in their struggle for reconstruction and democracy..."

Bur, but but only initial cynicism followed by silence from the
Evleths ( chronic Bush Derangement Syndrome manifesting)