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Iraqi Election~~~~~ Live thread.
All of us | Jan 29 2005 | Various Freepers

Posted on 01/29/2005 4:03:31 PM PST by 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.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: christianityno; iraqielection; iraqifreedom; iraqivote; keywordfreak; nomorechristianity; postwariraq; rebuildingiraq; religionofpeace; suckittedkennedy; theamericansoldier; ultimatesacrifice
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To: BigSkyFreeper

It was pretty amazing how the US found the terrorists who bombed the US Embassy yesterday. I think there is a learning curve and we are getting ahead of it.


2,221 posted on 01/30/2005 1:10:46 AM PST by dervish (praying for all)
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To: SeaBiscuit
Yes it is. What's also remarkable, is that GWB may have envisioned this very thing, Iraqi's sticking out their voting blue fingers in defiance of tyranny and terrorists.

They're still learning about all of this, but they are learning. They lived under tyranny for so long and this freedom thing is all very new for them.

I admire their bravery and I've told them that. I don't know if I'd have the courage to vote under such hostile circumstances.

2,222 posted on 01/30/2005 1:11:17 AM PST by Allegra (VOTE - Let Freedom Reign)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
The Iraqis have given us a global test in the power of freedom. Its one that flies over Uncle Ted's head.

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

2,223 posted on 01/30/2005 1:11:24 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: mfccinsd

Honestly, I was worried we could se at least 20 dead today.

If we can keep it under the yardstick of 10, that is a big accomplishment.


2,224 posted on 01/30/2005 1:11:27 AM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
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To: piasa

Democrat operative slashed their tires.

Can you imagine voters in the US walking for 4-5 hours to be able to vote?


2,225 posted on 01/30/2005 1:12:14 AM PST by TASMANIANRED (Certified cause of Post Traumatic Redhead Syndrome)
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To: dervish

I quite frankly had not heard how they captured those responsible so quickly, but I am sure I will know soon enough. :)


2,226 posted on 01/30/2005 1:12:16 AM PST by BigSkyFreeper (PEST/Suicide Hotline 1-800-BUSH-WON)
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To: goldstategop

Ted has his head up his ass..What a disgrace that son of a bitch is .


2,227 posted on 01/30/2005 1:13:03 AM PST by hineybona
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To: ElephantinTexas

"I'm still awake too. The best commentary has been right here."

Glad your here. And yep, I switched off the tv, I learned on our own elections nite that FR is all I need.

Getting tired though, it sucks to get old. ;^)


2,228 posted on 01/30/2005 1:13:24 AM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Do you have any Snickers...

LOL - yeah, those and the M&Ms. I just scarfed some.

2,229 posted on 01/30/2005 1:13:38 AM PST by Allegra (VOTE - Let Freedom Reign)
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To: rwfromkansas

Well oops......now 12. But, even if we get to 20, it will still be a big deal that it was not much worse, near as worse as we had feared.


2,230 posted on 01/30/2005 1:14:05 AM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
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To: Allegra
He'll question the results in Ohio.

You think?! ROFLOL!

2,231 posted on 01/30/2005 1:14:25 AM PST by kcvl
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To: All
Look at the 2 lines of voters in this picture

Iraqis wait to enter a polling station in southern city of Basra, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005. Iraqis turned out to vote Sunday in their country's first free election in a half-century as insurgents made good on threats of violence, launching at least three deadly suicide bombings and heavy mortar strikes at polling stations. Just hours after polls opened, 17 people were killed. (AP Photo/Nabil Aljurani)
2,232 posted on 01/30/2005 1:14:34 AM PST by stlnative
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To: rwfromkansas

Let freedom ring.


2,233 posted on 01/30/2005 1:14:54 AM PST by TASMANIANRED (Certified cause of Post Traumatic Redhead Syndrome)
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To: SeaBiscuit

I stopped in here to get the latest on the election before going to bed. I knew you would all be more informative than the news.

Thanks. :-)


2,234 posted on 01/30/2005 1:15:18 AM PST by Route66 (America's Mainstreet)
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To: rwfromkansas

I was expecting several hundred....


2,235 posted on 01/30/2005 1:15:36 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (A Proud member of Free Republic ~~The New Face of the Fourth Estate since 1996.)
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To: Allegra

" I admire their bravery and I've told them that. I don't know if I'd have the courage to vote under such hostile circumstances."

To tell the truth, I'm not sure I would have the courage either. That's just one of the reasons this is so exciting and keeping me up waaaaaaaayyyyy past my bedtime. :^)


2,236 posted on 01/30/2005 1:15:44 AM PST by SeaBiscuit (God Bless all who defend America and the rest can go to hell.)
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To: piasa

Did he take a swiftboat up the Tigris?

>>Kerry's not there for the elections, he's hoping someone will detonate a fig or date cache so he can win another purple heart.


2,237 posted on 01/30/2005 1:15:52 AM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: brigette

17 people killed now. Stinks......but, at least we won't get to 50 probably.


2,238 posted on 01/30/2005 1:16:08 AM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
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To: hineybona
Here is a thread that says it all about the DUmmies. There were plenty of threads worse than this one on the same subject, but they came out before they archived;

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x1436121
2,239 posted on 01/30/2005 1:16:18 AM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult ("Don't get eliminated!" - MXC)
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To: TASMANIANRED

Amen.


2,240 posted on 01/30/2005 1:16:22 AM PST by rwfromkansas ("War is an ugly thing, but...the decayed feeling...which thinks nothing worth war, is worse." -Mill)
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