[Wolfstar]

Wonderful thread. Thanks for posting it. Here's a couple more:

Iraqis dance on the street as they wave a Kurdish flag after casting their vote for the Iraqi election in Cologne, western Germany, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005.

Iraqi Hussein Al-Khatat casts his ballot at a polling station in Ottawa, January 29, 2005. Iraqis, who can vote in their national elections in three different Canadian cities, are electing a 275-member National Assembly.

[RandallFlagg]

I just thought that this pic was appropriate for this thread...

Thanks to reagan_fanatic for the pic.

[Marguerite]

We must not forget that the Kurds consider this election to mean autonomy just short of full independence...