Iraqi Election~~~~~ Live thread.

All of us | Jan 29 2005 | Various Freepers

[Dog]

It is now 3 am in Iraq the polls will be opening in the next few hours as the world watches and hold's it breath. Iraq is about to undertake a historic vote.

Lets wish them well....... please post all comments and election photos to this thread.

[stlnative]

An Iraqi policeman helps a blind woman on her way to a polling station in Baghdad, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005. Iraqis voted Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century, defying threats of violence from insurgents vowing to sabotage the balloting. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)


An Iraqi woman is carried to a polling station in Baghdad, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005. Iraqis voted Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century, defying threats of violence from insurgents vowing to sabotage the balloting. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Identifiable pictures of voters could be a problem.

[rwfromkansas]

what time do they close?

[SeaBiscuit]

"Someone should market T-shirts for US soldiers and Marines that says in Arabic and English, "I want to go home but I can't until Iraq is peaceful and free. Help send me home." "

Excellent!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Love it!

[rwfromkansas]

Their website usually is the most lefty biased in terms of headlines....surprisingly not too horrid today.

[SheWolf]

Yep, Seabiscuit, it was almost 6am before I went to bed on our election night here in the States. And, here I am again, unable to sleep watching the excitement in Iraq. Thank God they don't have to worry about a bunch of idiots electing a treasonous traitor like Kerry at this point! ;-)

[k2blader]

This is wonderful.

[faithincowboys]

I wonder how many people in the MSM post on DU. I think MORE THAN A FEW do.

[Jet Jaguar]

I'm glad you found that.

It is sickening, but to be expected.

[bad company]

http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/

Go Iraq...go! Less than 48 hours left before the people of Iraq experience free decision making for the first time in their country's modern history.

It's a moment of pure freedom but still surrounded by lots of dangers just like any beautiful rose surrounded by spikes.

There is fear from the enemies of freedom who have their weapons already prepared to intimidate us and stop us from choosing our future.

But at the same time we're full of hope as we know that we've put our feet on the right track and even if we make a bad choice once, we know that we will have the chance to reevaluate the situation again.

We're standing before a historic moment and I won't be exaggerating if I said that it's an important moment for the whole world; we're standing before a crossroads and everyone should watch and learn from the rebirth of Iraq.

Regardless of the winners in the se elections, those who opposed the elections and resisted the change will have to deal with the new reality.

In 48 hours from now, the dying dictatorships and their filthy tools, the terrorists, will find themselves facing an elected legitimate government in Iraq.

The tyrants nightmare is becoming reality, now they will have to deal with the scariest word in their dictionaries; THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE.

The terrorists have challenged the bravery of the Iraqi people but they messed with the wrong people. The people have accepted the challenge; democracy and elections are not a luxury for Iraqis, it's an issue of life or death. And the terror brutal campaign has only made the people more determined to go on with the change.

The results of some recent polls that have shown how determined Iraqis are to hold the elections might have surprised you, but they weren't a surprise for us; we're not the kind of people that kneel to terror and the sights of blood and beheadings.

Saddam had tried all tools of oppression, killing and torture he could find against our people (including WMD's) but he failed to make the people believe in his hateful regime. And that's why the people abandoned him and now, he and his regime are just a bad old tale from the past.

On Sunday, the sun will rise on the land of Mesopotamia. I can't wait, the dream is becoming true and I will stand in front of the box to put my heart in it.

Mohammed.

From an Iraqi blog.

[kcvl]

Those people are SICK!!!

They want the Iraqis to STAY HOME too. They have lost their freaking minds. Hate and anger really has rotted their brains.

[rwfromkansas]

I wonder what happened to the Daily Recycler.

[baseball_fan]

The Iraqi people are saying they are not afraid to walk around with a blue finger showing they voted in spite of the threats. Remarkable!

[faithincowboys]

Wow, what a hero he is!! Is it your son or son-in-law?

God Bless him for all he has done and will do. Your grandson certainly has a hero for a Dad.

[scoastie]

now when the Iraqi people hear about this, they will truly understand that the real fear is to allow these sub-humans to prevail....

[BurbankKarl]

Maybe we should give a little Statue of Liberty to the Iraqis....

[BigSkyFreeper]

The live in a parallel universe. If I knew I was about to help change history by merely voting, I sure as hell aint gonna stay home.

[goldstategop]

I think its at 8:00 P.M. That will be just as Americans are waking up for breakfast here.

Denny Crane: "I want two things. First God and then Fox News."

[stlnative]

Walking to a polling stations or standing outside of a polling station could get them killed, the blue fingers also could get them killed. But these Iraqi people already know this and it not stopping them from voting.

Many are posing for pictures. Most of them are not worried about being ID.