Large Turnout For Iraq Elections
INTERNATIONAL/IRAQ
COMMENTARY
And now for a small but tasty bit of humble pie dished up for the folks who have said that the US should "cut and run," those who have compared American soldiers to terrorists who break into Iraqis' homes, and others who have said the US can't win the war.
NEWSLINE
"The Iraqi people are showing the world that all people - of all backgrounds - want to be able to choose their own leaders and live in freedom."
NEWSBYTES
A Lack of Violence as Iraqis Vote to Choose New Government
(washingtonpost.com) BAGHDAD, Dec. 15 -- Iraqi voters turned out in force countrywide Thursday to elect a parliament to remake their troubled nation, with Sunni-led Iraqi insurgent movements suspending attacks for a day so that Sunni Arabs could vote en masse for the first time.
Vote Counting Begins in Historic Iraq Elections
(FOX News) BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Up to 15 million Iraqis -- including large numbers of Sunnis, who boycotted the January elections -- voted in historic parliamentary elections Thursday to establish a permanent democratic government amid only scattered violence.
Heavy Sunni Turnout Is Seen; Attacks Are Scattered and Light
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 15 (NYT) - In a day remarkable for the absence of large-scale violence, millions of Iraqi voters, many of them dressed in their best and traveling with other family members, streamed to the polls today to cast ballots in a nationwide election as Iraqi leaders predicted that the vote would split almost evenly between secular and Islamist parties.
Turnout Strong for Iraq Parliamentary Vote
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqis voted Thursday in one of the largest and freest elections in the Arab world, with strong turnout reported in Sunni areas and even a shortage of ballots in some precincts. Several explosions rocked Baghdad throughout the day, but the level of violence was low. The heavy...
Big turnout in Iraq election as Sunnis vote
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis flocked to vote in a largely peaceful election on Thursday, their numbers swelled by minority Sunni Arabs who recognized their previous boycott had only given more power to Shi'ite and Kurdish rivals.
Vote may have big impact on views of Iraq war
(USA Today) President Bush isn't on the ballot in Baghdad, but he does have a lot riding on the Iraqi elections -- including, perhaps, American support for the war that has defined his presidency.
TENSION: Determined to find self
GRAVITY: Boots on the ground
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COMMENTARYAnd now for a small but tasty bit of humble pie dished up for the folks who have said that the US should "cut and run," those who have compared American soldiers to terrorists who break into Iraqis' homes, and others who have said the US can't win the war.
NEWSLINE
"The Iraqi people are showing the world that all people - of all backgrounds - want to be able to choose their own leaders and live in freedom."
NEWSBYTES
A Lack of Violence as Iraqis Vote to Choose New Government
(washingtonpost.com) BAGHDAD, Dec. 15 -- Iraqi voters turned out in force countrywide Thursday to elect a parliament to remake their troubled nation, with Sunni-led Iraqi insurgent movements suspending attacks for a day so that Sunni Arabs could vote en masse for the first time.
Vote Counting Begins in Historic Iraq Elections
(FOX News) BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Up to 15 million Iraqis -- including large numbers of Sunnis, who boycotted the January elections -- voted in historic parliamentary elections Thursday to establish a permanent democratic government amid only scattered violence.
Heavy Sunni Turnout Is Seen; Attacks Are Scattered and Light
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 15 (NYT) - In a day remarkable for the absence of large-scale violence, millions of Iraqi voters, many of them dressed in their best and traveling with other family members, streamed to the polls today to cast ballots in a nationwide election as Iraqi leaders predicted that the vote would split almost evenly between secular and Islamist parties.
Turnout Strong for Iraq Parliamentary Vote
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqis voted Thursday in one of the largest and freest elections in the Arab world, with strong turnout reported in Sunni areas and even a shortage of ballots in some precincts. Several explosions rocked Baghdad throughout the day, but the level of violence was low. The heavy...
Big turnout in Iraq election as Sunnis vote
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqis flocked to vote in a largely peaceful election on Thursday, their numbers swelled by minority Sunni Arabs who recognized their previous boycott had only given more power to Shi'ite and Kurdish rivals.
Vote may have big impact on views of Iraq war
(USA Today) President Bush isn't on the ballot in Baghdad, but he does have a lot riding on the Iraqi elections -- including, perhaps, American support for the war that has defined his presidency.
TENSION: Determined to find self
GRAVITY: Boots on the ground
NOTE: Mouseover pictures for captions.
NOTE: All rights are reserved by image owners; site content is linked only.
Tags: News, Politics, photo, pictures, terrorism, Iraq, war
posted by Steven Moyer at 3:22 PM
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On The Christian Prophet blog, the Holy Spirit's message, always teaching, takes it further and discusses the feeling of integrity that comes with taking personal responsibility, like maybe Iraqis can teach American liberals.
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