No idea why, but if you use a Google search to get to the article, the whole thing will come up:
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&um=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=iraqi+voters+defy+violence
The WSJ piece is the best one out there. It’s worth the trouble.
AP seems to have lost interest after about 11am when the early violence in Baquoba sputtered out and Iraqis started heading to the polls in a wave.
Found it, thanks.
Funny, just a few years ago the Democrats were telling us that Iraq was not ready for democracy, it was simply not compatible with Iraqi culture. Besides, wasn't it the height of American arrogance to assume that we could succeed in forcing our political system on another country? Talk about cowboy diplomacy!
Wrong again.