Anxious Iraqis Are Leaving Before Elections

BAGHDAD -- Abu Muhanned, a former Iraqi army officer, fished into his back pocket and pulled out a black leather wallet stuffed with $100 bills.

He had brought his wife and 12-year-old son to a busy travel agency in downtown Baghdad last week to buy airplane tickets to Egypt. Sudad, the owner of the agency, a petite woman whose desk was stacked with green Iraqi passports, asked Abu Muhanned when he wanted to leave.

"As soon as possible," he replied.

Sudad, who asked that her last name and the location of her agency not be disclosed, nodded knowingly. She had been hearing similar requests for weeks, as many members of Iraq's educated upper middle class flee the country in advance of the Jan. 30 elections.

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months ago, many to Jordan.

"former Iraqi army officer" "members of Iraq's educated upper middle class"

Basically, what they are saying is Sunni's who are the educated elite that have been in power in Iraq for decades are leaving because they see a Shiite win in the cards.

Red states, Blue states anyone?

BushCo wants civil unrest desperately to erupt in Iraq because the population will be easier to control if they are busy fighting one another. His and Negroponte's mercs are doing the most they can to divide the people.

Any Iraqi with an ounce of common sense and a few dollars in his pocket will be making a decision whether to stay or leave. It is hard to stay in a country which has no electricity, no sewers, no security and no freedom.

for his corporate friends. Adding on the American troops is horiffic for his mercenary purposes. See at www.icasualties.org.

Our kids arriving here dead daily.

as dead meat.