[kristinn]

God bless America, and God bless Iraq.

EAGLES UP !!!

[jveritas]

Great work Kristinn.

[Fenris6]

[armymarinedad]

Of all the things I have seen on TV today nothing has been more moving than talking to Nofel Thursday night. His joy and pride is contagious. One conversation with him will let you know why we fight. He is also very thankful for his good friend Mr Kristinn.

[spodefly]

BTTT

[perfect stranger]

Bump and chills down my spine. Thanks Kristinn

[Liberty Wins]

Let us hope that the coverage of Iraqis voting will inspire election departments in this country to go for the purple ink method . . .

[mrsmith]

"The Arab language networks showed the rally in Iraq. Requests were made for copies of the rally and soon a hand held camera version of the rally was being distributed on the Internet among Iraqis online. "

The good you guys do just amazes me. The media coverage of ecstatic Iraqis voting here was worth billions to those brave people (and to us).

[Coleus]

thanks for all the work you do.

[McGavin999]

That 90 million dollars was not spent in vain. Reading the Iraqi bloggers, it seems that the Iraqis who saw the voter turnout and the tears of joy of the Iraqi expats got them excited about voting. I'm sure that a lot of the large turnout was due to the passion they saw on their TVs.

[ntnychik]

Ping!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Excellent, you Freepers there do an absolutley marvelous amount of work .!!!!

By the way here is a must read :

Even in the Wake of Suicide Blast, 'They Didn't Want to Go Back Home' [Worth a read]

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

God bless you for all you did! And God bless all the others who helped you.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

That last sentence needs to be read by everyone.

[WOSG]

IRAQI LIBERATION PING!!!

Great story

[xJones]

Afterward, we felt like the rally hadn't been as successful as it could have been. The American media didn't report on it, and it didn't seem to get much play overseas.

But then, something happened. The Arab language networks showed the rally in Iraq. Requests were made for copies of the rally and soon a hand held camera version of the rally was being distributed on the Internet among Iraqis online.

What was said at the rally struck a chord with many Iraqis, such that the rally came to the attention of the highest levels of government there. One thing that caught their attention was the call by our friend Nofel Al-jazairi for the inclusion of Iraqi exiles in the upcoming Iraqi elections. After the rally, the government decided to establish the overseas voting program for the Iraqi exiles.

Awesome, purely awesome, kristinn. One thing that really stands out to me is that at first you didn't think the rally had gone so great, with a low turnout and no media reporting on it. You'd tried so hard, done your best, but that was it, nada.

And then it began snowballing past all hopes and made a wonderful difference in the lives of so many Iraqis.:D Good work....

[RockinRight]

Yesterday, an Iraqi man stood before the ballot box and held his completed ballot in the air. He said, in a loud voice in Arabic, as he thrust his ballot in the box, "F--- Saddam! F--- Bin laden! F--- Zarqawi! F--- the terrorists!"

And who says the Iraqis don't want freedom?

[sionnsar]

Great story, kristinn!!! Little things can make such a difference.

Last summer I happened to be attending a meeting just outside DC on a day when a pro-Iran freedom rally was scheduled. Before I'd left I'd looked at the train schedules and realized I could make the rally. An Iranian friend gave me a Sun&Lion flag (NOT the flag of the mullahs!) to take so I could show American support.

Sadly, two trains in a row broke down, delaying me by hours. When I got there, it was long since over. All I have is this -- and I had to explain to the woman to whom I'd handed my cellphone to take this picture what it was all about.

[vivabushchick]

Tears of joy for your friend Nofel Al-jazairi. Appropriate response by the expatriate voter that even the FCC couldn't argue with!!

[isthisnickcool]

What's you name little mister! Don't you know who I am!!!!

In related news former Senator Bob Kerry has sold the rights to his forehead to the Heinz company. "It's HUGE" said a Heinz spokesman. Details of the deal were not disclosed but insiders say it involved several cases of ketchup and a jug of Teresa Heinz's famous raisin and gin elixir.

Carlos Mendoza of Mendoza's Airbrushing was awarded the contract to put the Heinz name on Mr. Kerrey's forehead. Mr. Mendoza was heard to say "Hey homes! They hired us because we are Mexican and Teresa could pay cash. I tell you one thing. That Senator dudes head is mucho grande. It took a gallon of paint! What was really weird was that the dudes head is hollow man! I bumped it with the airbrush rig and it made a weird echo sound. His head was so big that I wanted to add some flames but they would not let me!"

[Mr. Silverback]

On Monday, I took a marker and painted my index finger purple before I left the house. I had a big grin on my face all day.

And to think Free Republic was knee deep in it like this...great show, DC chapter!