Iraqis urged to defy insurgents and vote in referendum
The Iraqi government today urged people to vote in next week’s constitutional referendum, condemning insurgent groups for demanding a boycott and for killing civilians in an effort to wreck the ballot.
“These insurgents are like rats spreading plague among the people,” said Laith Kuba, the main Iraqi government spokesman. “Rats are very small, but the disease they spread is horrible. Iraq should bet rid of these dirty rats,” he said at a news conference in Baghdad.
