IRAQ VOTING PICTURES FROM AROUND THE WORLD-Must See Photo Thread

AP ^ | 1/29/05 | Mark Humphrey

[gopwinsin04]

Nashville, Tennessee..

[Joe Hadenuf]

So this Historic Election is a Down day for you??

It really doesn't affect me one way or another. Iraq was never a direct threat to the United States like the former Soviet Union was.

The violence will continue and who ever is elected will probably be killed within weeks. Come on now. Would anyone be surprised?

Actually, when the government hacks burned our very own ballots and declared our historic CA prop 187 election illegal, it had a much greater effect on our nation than this thing in Iraq ever would. Like I said, the results of what the government did in our free election can be seen from Vegas to North Carolina, and getting worse by the day.

[Joe Hadenuf]

So this Historic Election is a Down day for you??

Whoops. #661 was intended for you.

Cheers!

[CaraM]

Re: Picture #545. Do you know what the words on that poster say?

[mwyounce]

You know, I've never actually cried while reading a thread on FR... but your post did it! That verse of "America the Beautiful" was perfect. God bless our soldiers, and God bless Iraq as they begin a new page of their history.

Thanks everyone for posting these wonderful pictures that we'll never see from Dan Rather!

[gopwinsin04]

[Howlin]

OMG, that picture. Joy to the world!

[TheWyzzyrd]

BTTT!

[mwyounce]

fahklempt ain't in the dictionary,I'm German,hence the name dittmar,what does that mean?

It's a Yiddish word, with several different spellings (Fahklempt, verklempt, ferklempt are some that I've seen). Basically, it means "overcome with emotion"... and is a fitting word to describe how I felt too.

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[Howlin]

Simply amazing.

[UpHereEh]

THIS WAS TAKEN IN FALLUJAH!

[mdittmar]

Thanks,hard to put into words how I feel about those who serve to keep us free.

That picture and song just seemed to capture it.

[UpHereEh]

HERE'S ONE FROM BAGHDAD!

[UpHereEh]

WOW, HERE'S AZ ZUBAYR, SOUTHER IRAQ

[gimme1ibertee]

Agreed. These pics are worth a thousand words, yet nothing needs to be said.Absolutely earth-moving.

[UpHereEh]

WAY TO GO IN BASRA


NAJAF

[UpHereEh]

HERE IT IS IN A NUTSHELL!

Iraqi boys play with a soccer ball as all traffic is banned on the streets of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005 while Iraqis walk to vote in their country's first free election in a half-century.

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AL ASAD, IRAQ