[Fenris6]

[ProudVet77]

Haven't been a FReeper for all that long, but I feel like I've shared a lot of history with everyone here. Without the posts here I'd hardly have heard any real news.

[CarolTX]

I saw an interview with some Iraqi fellow a few weeks ago...can't remember which network. He was bashing the American media coverage of his country, and predicted a strong turnout for the election. Speaking of the insurgent/terrorist/suicide bomber threats:

"They will kill hundreds...but hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of us will vote."

LOVED IT!!
Happy Election Day, Iraq.

[mark502inf]

Despite the threat of violence and promises of 'rivers of blood' the terrorist managed to have only a very limited impact on both turn-out and overall security. Eight homicide bombers managed to detonate explosives at polling sites and a few rockets were launched along with mortars. All in all, estimates hover at around 37 dead across the country.

Every innocent death is a tragedy. However, that number of 37 includes the bodies of the 8 suicide bombers plus at least four other terrorists/insurgents we engaged, mayber more. So the actual toll is in the 20s and that is on a day the bad guys prepared & planned for--a day on which Iraqis were in concentrated groups at polling places--highly vulnerable. Yet the best the terrorists could do was a couple dozen killed. They are losing. We and the Iraqi people are winning.