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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 

Iraqi elections marred by toilet paper shortage






Voters in Iraq today complained that the nation is facing its worst toilet paper crisis since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

As these disturbing images show, thousands emerged today to vote in the current elections, but also to protest against this sordid state of affairs by holding up graphic evidence of the incovenience this shortage has caused.

"Don't get me wrong, I know that things were bad under Saddam", one voter complained, "It's true that we couldn't vote, but at least we could wipe..."